D scanning and printing tools are changing the way institutions and communities preserve and share cultural artifacts ...
Chemical traces of opium found in an ancient Egyptian alabaster vase shows it had a widespread use. Scientists even think ...
The oldest previously known funeral pyre in the world was discovered in Alaska and dates to approximately 11,500 years ago, but that cremation involved a young child rather than an adult. Some burned ...
Explore new insights into North Malabar's history and women's movements at the Kannur Heritage Festival seminar.
People also invested and traded in precious goods, like artworks. When the Romans sacked the city of Corinth in 146 BC, they stole the city’s collection of famous artwork, and later sold the ...
Fascinating legends are attached to landmarks, such as the Rudston Monolith and Gypsey Race stream, as Hidden East Yorkshire ...
The sturdy, well-built structure was likely constructed on dry land at a time when sea levels were much lower than they are ...
Archaeologists uncovered a long-lost Spanish mission in Texas, revealing rare insights into early 18th-century missionary ...
No one throws a “Happy 250th Birthday, America” jammy jam like a Philadelphia museum. Embedded into the fabric of our ...
Understanding this crucial point in human history has focused on the Dmanisi Hominid Archaeological Site in Georgia where ...
From a garden at the Holy Sepulchre to new dates for the Dead Sea Scrolls, new research is offering detailed glimpses into ...
From “experimental archaeology” to the mysterious appeal of exploration, the wide-ranging subjects detailed in these titles captivated Smithsonian magazine’s science contributors this year The British ...