Six mummified children thought to have been sacrificed hundreds of years ago, apparently to accompany a dead nobleman to the afterlife, have been unearthed in a tomb near Lima, archaeologists…
Archaeologists in Italy have unearthed a 2,000-year-old dog-headed statue beneath a busy street in Rome. The small terracotta statue was found as part of excavations of a funerary complex on…
An official for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) is facing criticism now that details about his previous dissertation have come to light, according to Politico. In 2014, Eric Hall, now…
Gender roles in Edo Japan recognized an in-between position for young men, called Wakashu, that was erased as Japan westernized. Looks matter. Hairstyles, clothes, even movements and body language construct…
Imagine a society without fathers; without marriage (or divorce); one in which nuclear families don’t exist. Grandmother sits at the head of the table; her sons and daughters live with…
Long written off as bear tracks, prints at a site in Tanzania suggest early humans walked on two feet in surprisingly diverse ways. But questions abound. Rain pattered in freshly…
For nearly 200 years, the Fugate family of Kentucky remained largely sealed off from society as they passed their blue skin from one generation to the next. When Benjamin “Benjy”…
Thomas Silverstein, who became known as “Terrible Tommy” committed three murders while behind bars after being caged for armed robbery – and his explosive nature gave him notoriety in the…
The Cahokia Mounds offer a glimpse of one of the Americas’ most powerful societies. The people of Cahokia built their mounds by hand, but for reason? Just a river’s crossing…
In a recent study employing a technique called X-ray fluorescence spectroscopy, scientists discovered formerly redacted phrases on eight letters between Marie Antoinette and the Swedish count Axel Fersen, who was…
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