‘America Primeval’: How this Native American historian reconciles hard history with the storytelling of Hollywood
Historical fiction should not be a tool to justify modern biases or to create villains or heroes; it should challenge us to ...
Echoing in eternity: 2,100-year-old Alexander the Great mosaic analyzed for restoration
In 333 BCE, near the small Pinarus River along the modern-day borders of Turkey and Syria, a fierce battle took place between ...
How a little-known 18th century instrument maker may have inspired the first clinical trial of the modern age
The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical ...
How Ice Ages and Shifting Climates Shaped the Evolutionary Journey of Early Humans
New research using climate models provides fascinating insights into how environmental conditions influenced the evolution ...
The mystery of an ancient skull takes a new turn after DNA analysis
Scientists thought a tomb with similarities to buildings from Ptolemaic Egypt had been erected in memory of Cleopatra’s half ...
The Exile and Rebirth of the South’s Storied ‘Iron Horse’
Exactly why the sculpture was attacked by University of Georgia students may always be a mystery. But 70 years later, ...
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Homo Erectus Thrived in a Desert, Study Finds, Suggesting the Early Humans Could Adapt to Extreme Environments
Somehow, H. erectus was able to adjust to this new landscape. The early humans visited water holes that popped up after it ...
Ukraine’s Forgotten Legacy: The Ancient Crossroads That Shaped Human History
The North Pontic region's genetic diversity over 3,500 years reflects continuous migration and mixing, blending European, ...
Lifestyles of the Rich and Ancient: Some in Pompeii Even Had a Home Spa
Hot, warm and cold baths in a recently uncovered villa offer a new glimpse of life in the city before it was smothered by ...
Sacred Mysteries: The dove descends at the ‘christening of Christ’
Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...
‘David Smith: The Nature of Sculpture’ Review: The World Beyond the Pedestal
Michigan’s Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park focuses on the artist’s three-dimensional works in a show that highlights ...
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The First Ancient Greek to Reach Britain and the Arctic
Pytheas of Massalia, an ancient Greek geographer, was the first Mediterranean person to reach Great Britain and the Arctic ...