Ancient texts speak of a strange and valuable metal known as orichalcum. The mystical material was often dismissed as a ...

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A single cave appears to host three very different styles of ancient art, two of them unlike anything else known from the ...

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Strontium isotope analysis can be applied to animal and plant tissues to help determine their provenance. Here, the authors generate a strontium isoscape of sub-Saharan Africa using data from 2266 ...

Was the Eye of the Sahara the real Atlantis, as many theorist claim? What does the evidence really reveal about this popular theory?

A farmer plowing his field in Hocakoy, a village in Iznik, Bursa, Turkey uncovered an ancient sarcophagus. Iznik, once the ancient Greek city of Nicaea (Νίκαια), founded by Antigonus in 316 BC , is ...

The world is filled with wonders that inspire a sense of awe and sheer amazement.