AD-X2: When US Politicians Took on Science
On the morning of 3 April 1953 employees reporting to the US National Bureau of Standards (NBS) in Washington, DC,
Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration
Amenhotep III Tomb Reopens After Two Decades of Meticulous Restoration Egypt has officially reopened one of the most significant royal
Noah’s Ark and the Slave Trade
Most of us know the story of Noah, the Flood, and the Ark. In just four chapters of Genesis, the
The Race to Write a History of Naples
There was no love lost between rival Neapolitan authors and publishers Domenico Antonio Parrino (1642-c.1716) and Antonio Bulifon (1649-1707). Their
Pyramids in Egypt: Tombs or Rather Tools of Power?
Were the Egyptian pyramids truly just tombs built with eternity in mind? Or did they hold a far more practical
Million-Year-Old Skull Discovery Rewrites Human Evolution Timeline
A remarkable million-year-old skull discovered in China has shattered long-held beliefs about human evolution, suggesting that modern humans and their
Guardian of Gobekli: Human Figure Found Entombed in World's Oldest Temple
In a discovery that sends shockwaves through the archaeological world, researchers have uncovered a mysterious human figure deliberately entombed within
Underwater Port Discovery Could Lead to Cleopatra's Lost Tomb
Archaeologists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could finally solve one of history’s greatest mysteries: the location of Cleopatra’s tomb.
World's Oldest 12,000-Year-Old Smoke-Dried Mummies Found
Hsiao-chun Hung/The Conversation Smoke-drying mummification of human remains was practiced by hunter-gatherers across southern China, southeast Asia and beyond as
Get Out: Excommunicated in Medieval England
In 1229 the people of Dunstable declared that they would rather go to hell than submit in a dispute over