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Did Stonehenge Hold Up a Giant Stage?
A new theory poses that the prehistoric structure could have been something like an “ancient Mecca on stilts”
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Did a Recent Expedition Really Discover a “Lost City” in Honduras?
Controversy surrounds the recent announcement of a re-discovered ancient settlement in the jungles of Central America
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Neanderthal Jewelry Is Just as Fiercely Cool as You’d Imagine
A re-examination of a cave find indicates that the early human species sported eagle talons like some kind of prehistoric punk rockers
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When Breathtaking Rock Billboards Dominated the Sunset Strip
A new exhibition showcases the Sunset Strip’s “rock ‘n’ roll billboards”
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Sorry, ‘Ben-Hur’ Remake…No Circus Maximus for You
Rome blocks the remake from filming at the historic stadium
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We Now Have a Toll of All the Whales Killed by Hunting in the Last Century
The whaling industry killed nearly 3 million for their oil, researchers estimate. But the true total is likely higher.
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Saving the World’s Oldest Mummies From Rot in a Warmer, Wetter World
Why are the ancient bodies of the Chinchorro people stored in a Chilean museum rapidly degrading into black ooze?
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How Dick Tracy Invented the Smartwatch
The detective’s two-way wrist radio paved the way for the Apple Watch and other wearables
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UN: Destroying the Ancient City of Nimrud Was a “War Crime”
Global outcry after ISIS razes 3,000-year-old archaeological site with bulldozers
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St. Barts Is Like the Galapagos for Linguistic Diversity
Beyond the glitz of tourism, St. Barts natives speak in unique varieties of French
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Who’s Inside the Lead Coffin Found Near Richard III?
The mysterious identity of a female skeleton discovered in a coffin-within-a-coffin stumps archeologists
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Microsoft Billionaire Finds Enormous Sunken Japanese Battleship
Paul Allen used his megayacht to locate the long-lost ship, which has been missing since World War II
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The Real Smokey Bear Has A New Biography
It’s officially licensed by the Forest Service and written from Smokey’s point of view
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Amazing Ruins of a Long Lost City Discovered in Honduras
A scientific expedition into the depths of the Honduran rain forest discovered a lost city
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Germans Brace for the Re-Release of ‘Mein Kampf’
Is Hitler’s 90-year-old manifesto too dangerous to be on bookshelves?
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Impatient Scientists Used Paint-By-Numbers Technique to Create the First Image From Mars
Scientists used raw data to create their first image of the red planet
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The First African American Senator Was Sworn in 145 Years Ago Today
Hiram R. Revels made history when, amid the tensions of Reconstruction, he became a senator from Mississippi
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Modern Cities Grow the Same Way As Ancient Ones
Scientists find that despite time and location, the productivity of settlements grows faster than their populations
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The 18th Century Fur Trade Polluted Lake Superior’s Shore With Mercury That’s Never Gone Away
The area’s elevated mercury levels aren’t healthy for fish, birds or humans
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