Researching the various theories of which desert route the ancient Hebrews may have taken out of Egypt into the Land of Canaan in the biblical Exodus story – the geography of which has captivated scholars since the 19th century – brings up images of so …

The Maya civilization, one of the most sophisticated ancient cultures in history, continues to captivate modern-day explorers and researchers with its enigmatic ruins and intriguing mysteries. In this full episode…

Pompeii Unearthed: A Closer Look at the First Excavation in 70 Years The ancient city of Pompeii, frozen in time by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD, has…

William S. Crosby of Manitou Springs and Harold Ashenhurst of Texas may have come up with the idea, but it took the influence and political experience of Virginia McClurg — one of the original preservationists behind Mesa Verde National Park, which was …

When the eminent Australian anthropologist W. E. H. Stanner first published his essay on “The Dreaming” in 1956, there was increasing scholarly and popular interest in the complexity and duration of Australia’s Indigenous cultures. That same year, an …

About 8,300 years ago, a teenage boy with an unusual skull and short stature may have scampered along the rocky coast of what is now Norway, pausing to regain his balance as he clutched a fishing rod. Now, a new full-body reconstruction of the Stone Age …

A recreation of Dragon Man Chuang Zhao Three years ago, a Chinese farmer made an unusual donation to a university museum—a giant, nearly intact human skull with strange proportions and an unusual backstory. The man’s family had been hiding the fossil …

Researchers identified that these vertebrae belonged to giant snakeheads, freshwater fish native to Southeast Asia. Ryan Kennedy About 135 years ago, in a Chinatown in San Jose, California, the leftover bones from a luxurious fish landed in a communal …

The 5,500 year old cat remains found more than a decade ago in China have been identified as the leopard cat ( Prionailurus bengalensis ) by an international team of scientists, led by Sorbonne University researcher Jean-Denis Vigne. Leopard cat. Tambako …