Scans peer beneath the wrappings of ancient Egyptian mummies to reveal who they were
Scans of mummies at Chicago’s Field Museum of Natural History uncovered new details about how they were prepared for the ...
Archaeologists Are Uncovering The History of One of the World’s Oldest Civilizations
There are parts of the excavation site that date back to the Sasanian Empire of the 3 rd through 7 th centuries, but a ...
‘She read the book’: Why Queen Camilla rejected one of the world’s most famous jewels
William Dalrymple has spent decades writing about history, but he’s discovered that an even bigger audience wants to hear him ...
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Busts of Ancient Greek Trojan War Heroes Adorn Village in Turkey
Homer's Ancient Greek Poem Iliad has inspired a small village in Turkey to install busts of the Trojan war heroes on their ...
The Long Global History of Ghosts
It is fitting that Samhain, now transformed into Halloween, should still be celebrated with pumpkins and ghosts in modern ...
Greek Reporter1d
The Mysterious Nabataeans and the Greek Influence
Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle3d
Unraveling the ancient past, one tablet at a time
In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...
This Ancient ‘Lion Cavern’ Mine Is the Origin of the Stone Age's Favorite Color
Eswatini in southern Africa is home to the world’s oldest ochre mine. A new study dates that mine to a full 48,000 years ago. Ochre is a clay-based pigment that was incredibly popular at that time, ...
The ancient UNESCO-listed city that’s considered the cradle of Thai culture
Every year, this beautiful UNESCO-listed historic city hosts one of Thailand’s most dramatic festivals. But it’s got ...
Tour Egypt’s Valley of the Whales for a window onto the history of evolution
South west of Cairo, deep in Egypt’s Western Desert, there lie treasures even more ancient than the pharaohs’ tombs — and travellers can visit them to see one of the great mysteries of evolution ...
Secret History on MSN4h
Mysteries Solved by the Internet!
"10 Strangest Mysteries Solved by the Internet! From the scariest unsolved cold cases caught on camera to mysterious and ...
How Chef Mauro Colagreco Looks To The Past To Create The Diet Of The Future
The chef behind the former best restaurant in the world proves eating for the body and the planet go hand-in-hand.