New Evidence: America’s First Civilization Was Made Up of “Sophisticated” Engineers
The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be…
The Native Americans who occupied the area known as Poverty Point in northern Louisiana more than 3,000 years ago long have been believed to be…
Ahead of Columbus Day, findings pose further questions of what the explorer really expected to find on his voyage. New analysis of ancient writings suggests…
This year is the 20th anniversary of sequencing the human genome. In honor of this event, a research team led by Prof. FU Qiaomei from…
A giant space rock demolished an ancient Middle Eastern city and everyone in it – possibly inspiring the Biblical story of Sodom. As the inhabitants…
Maya rulers transformed cities, forging new memories of the landscape. Early Maya cities featured monumental complexes, which centered on a shared form of religion but…
An Ancient Disaster: Researchers present evidence that a cosmic impact destroyed a biblical city in the Jordan Valley. Scientists have found evidence of a cosmic…
Bristol manuscript fragments of the famous Merlin legend among the oldest of their kind. Medieval manuscript fragments discovered in Bristol that tell part of the…
Experts across the University of Pennsylvania share their thoughts on how 9/11 transformed their field, their research, and the world. Today marks the 20th anniversary…
The Space Pen has captured the American imagination in more ways than one. It’s appeared repeatedly in pop culture and even worked as a plot…
Northwestern experts weigh in on the crisis in Afghanistan as events continue to unfold. Northwestern faculty in history, political science, international relations and journalism are…
During World War II, Nazi Germany and the U.S. were racing to develop nuclear technology. Before Germany could succeed, Allied forces disrupted the program and confiscated…
A UNSW mathematician has revealed the origins of applied geometry on a 3700-year-old clay tablet that has been hiding in plain sight in a museum…
Our first wheels on the Moon. On the Apollo 15 mission, the Lunar Roving Vehicle allowed the astronauts to cover a much greater distance on…
New research from Binghamton University, State University of New York suggests that the demographic collapse at the core of the Easter Island myth didn’t really…
Sheepskin may have been the preferred parchment for use in legal documents in Britain between the 16th and 20th century based on its utility in…
Statistical methods designed for cosmology reveal tomb distribution in Sudan over millennia governed by environmental and social factors. Sudanese Islamic burial sites are distributed according…
Paper offers foundation to advance search for Leonardo’s DNA. Leonardo Da Vinci: New family tree spans 21 generations, 690 years, finds 14 living male descendants….
Researchers have reconstructed the Eastern Mediterranean silver trade, over a period including the traditional dates of the Trojan War, the founding of Rome, and the…