New research suggests the inverted designs seen at Maeshowe were designed to ensure passage into the underworld
The fish's remains were stored in a barrel in the royal vessel's pantry
The institution describes the move, which arrives amid a reckoning on the U.S.' history of systemic racism, as "part of healing"
Vikings' weapons were often buried on the opposite side of where their owners had held them in life, pointing toward belief in a "mirror afterlife"
A show in Madrid highlights female authors who penned histories, biographies, poetry, novels, scripts and more
Led by a 105-year-old survivor of the attack, the plaintiffs detail almost 100 years of lasting harm
City officials say the Shelbourne, which moved the sculptures because it believed they depicted enslaved women, failed to follow proper procedures
Workers unearthed a metal box thought to contain the local leader's organ last month
Expected to fetch upward of $10 million, the 1794 Flowing Hair dollar was one of the first coins struck by the newly created U.S. Mint
Study of small-scale model sheds light on how conversation, music moved through the massive monument
Ancient humans "treated and interacted with the dead in ways which are inconceivably macabre to us today," says researcher Tom Booth
Dozens of 17th-century dignitaries signed a 227-page manuscript recently acquired by a German library
Researchers at Vindolanda unearthed a 1,400-year-old lead chalice covered in religious symbols
Illegal gold diggers dug an enormous trench at Jabal Maragha in the eastern Sahara Desert
The London institution, which reopened this week, is reckoning with its colonialist history in the wake of global protests against racism
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
The organization will allocate $460,000 toward projects at 23 parks across the country
The primates—likely imported from India to the then-Roman province—were laid to rest with care
New research suggests displays of emotion may transcend time and culture
100 Years of Women at the Ballot Box
Today, New York City welcomed a public artwork honoring three suffragists. But some scholars argue that the statue obscures more than it celebrates
The 24-carat currency dates to the ninth century, when the Abbasid Caliphate ruled much of the Near East and North Africa
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