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
Wimpy vs McDonald’s: The Battle of the Burgers
When the burger landed on the tables of the first Wimpy Bar in 1954, it marked a new era of
The Wolf That Devours Gods & the Human Shadow
We usually think of monsters as things to be feared or destroyed. Yet sometimes they carry messages we would not