Archaeologists excavating Göbekli Tepe have uncovered evidence that challenges previous theories about the site’s purpose.

This high-status gift is one of the many ways meteoritic iron was revered by ancient civilizations. One of the earliest Egyptian hieroglyphics for iron seems to be derived from a longer phrase ...

Tens of thousands of people from dozens of nations have been trafficked to cyberfraud hubs in Myanmar, where they must con ...

Fragments from the brain of a man killed by the Mount Vesuvius eruption in the year 79 are smooth and shiny but still contain ...

Archaeologists have discovered iron objects at six sites in Tamil Nadu, dating back to 2,953–3,345 BCE, or between 5,000 to 5,400 years old. This suggests that the process of extracting, smelting, ...

From its centuries-old beginnings in Italy to taking American sandwiches by storm, the truth about bologna includes many ...

Towards Samarkand This is certainly one of the most charming historic sites I’ve ever seen. I feel the most intrepid explorer. This is real, it’s happening… I’m walking the Silk Road, and although ...

A guide to art and culture in Lisbon. The One Palácio da Anunciada, Gulbenkian Foundation, Estrela da Sé restaurant and ...

NPR’s Embedded podcast has a three-episode series from reporter Zach Mack about a year-long effort to convince his dad that all the conspiracy theories he (his dad) believes are bogus, in an attempt ...