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Roman Mosaic, Long Used as a Coffee Table, Returned To Italy
The mosaic hails from a “pleasure ship” built by the notorious emperor Caligula
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A Short History of the Crosswalk
Pedestrian crosswalks and roads have a complicated relationship
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In Emotional Homecoming, Smithsonian Repatriates 24 Sets of Human Remains
Collected by an anthropologist in 1931, the National Museum of Natural History returned the bones to the village of Igiugig
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Zombie Movies Are Never Really About Zombies
Zombies have offered a way to work out cultural fears about everything from race to climate change
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How New Printing Technology Gave Witches Their Familiar Silhouette
Popular media helped give witches their image
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Getting to the Roots of “Plant Horror”
From the serious—pod people—to the farcical—”feed me, feed me!”—this genre has produced some strange stuff
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These Two Small Letters Heralded the Beginning of Online Communication
Their message is far more profound in retrospect than it was at the time
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The History of Mincemeat Pies, from the Crusades to Christmas
Mentioned by Shakespeare, allegedly banned by Puritans, and enjoyed by many still, these traditional treats have a long history in English cuisine
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This Ancient Skull May Have Belonged to The World’s Oldest Tsunami Victim
A new study says Papua New Guinea’s Aitape skull is from someone who died in a massive ocean wave 6,000 years ago
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Rare Mariner’s Astrolabe Found in Shipwreck Near Oman
Contrary to some reports, it may not be the earliest-known marine navigational tool—but it’s still a spectacular find
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Pablo Neruda Did Not Die of Cancer, Raising the Possibility He Was Murdered
The Nobel-prize winning Chilean poet died 2 weeks after the brutal Pinochet regime took power in his country
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Google Earth Leads to Discovery of 400 Stone “Gates” in Saudi Arabia
Amateur researchers first came across the rock structures in 2004. Four years later, after seeing them again on Google Earth, they decided to investigate
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Archaeologists Discover Trove of Cuneiform Tablets in Northern Iraq
Many of the 93 artifacts were unbaked and badly worn, making reading and translating the tablets a lengthy task
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Songbook From the 16th-Century Spells Out Samurai Customs, Tactics and Baby Names
The newly translated Japanese text offers kernels of advice to warriors who had yet to face battle
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Remains of Temple to Ramses II Discovered Near Cairo
The recent find was five years in the making
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Roman Theater Uncovered Near Jerusalem’s Western Wall
Never finished or used, the small theater has been sought for more than a century by archaeologists
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Barack Obama’s Letters From Three Decades Ago
As a striving college student and recent graduate, letters by the future president depict a man coming to terms with his identity and future
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Stone Age Britons Feasted While Building Stonehenge
A new exhibit shows that the builders gorged on animals from as far away as Scotland
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These Dummies Gave Us a Crash Course on Auto Safety
Many of your car’s safety features owe a lot to these inanimate people
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JFK Faked a Cold to Get Back to Washington During the Cuban Missile Crisis
The president was in Chicago when he got the news that he needed to make a decision
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