Meteorite-dial timepieces aren’t just aesthetically pleasing—they also contain the secrets to the origins of life.
The rock is estimated to be 3 billion years old. That places it among the oldest exposed rocks anywhere on Earth. Geologists ...
Iran is one of the world’s oldest continuous civilizations, yet it’s often viewed only through the lens of modern politics. Beneath the headlines is a country shaped by empire, poetry, religion, and ...
A Greenland shark swimming through the North Atlantic today may have been alive before the modern world existed. Researchers ...
Bulgarian construction workers unearthed the world's oldest gold treasure in 1972, dating back to 4600 BC. The Varna Necropolis revealed over 13 pounds of meticulously crafted gold artifacts, ...
The Bhimbetka site, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site, captures the continuous presence of human life from the Lower Palaeolithic Age, roughly 100,000 years ago, to the Medieval period.
William Foege helped give us a world without smallpox. We’re marking his death by letting measles come back. Had William ...
If there was a textbook on how repressive regimes cement their power, this would be the chapter on how the world handed them exactly what they needed.
Perperikon, the ancient city of stone in the hills of Bulgaria, may have been the site where the temple of Dionysus was built.
In the fast-changing world of the 21st century, few stories are as remarkable as the rise of China. Nations grow and decline, ideas change and societies transform. Yet understanding the inner ...
Do you know which ancient culture is the largest 'lost' civilisation? Let’s explore how this Bronze Age superpower thrived ...
Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.
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