People in South America likely kept the birds as exotic pets whose feathers were prized for their use in headdresses and hats
UCLA's database features hundreds of thousands of entries detailing traditional healing practices
Researchers say the various types of bird feathers used may hold symbolic significance
Local farmers accidentally destroyed 60 percent of the shrine complex that houses the ancient Cupisnique painting
New 3-D reconstruction visualizes what KV55, a mummy long thought to be the ancient Egyptian ruler, may have looked like
Rabbits on Skokholm Island discovered Stone Age tools and fragments of a Bronze Age cremation urn
A signee of the U.S. Constitution, John Dickinson enslaved as many as 59 men, women and children at one time
A new triennial at El Museo del Barrio features a wide range of works by 42 artists and collectives
Dhaka muslin was immensely popular for millennia, but the secrets of its creation faded from memory by the early 20th century
Seven landscape scenes by 19th-century British social reformer Josephine Butler are headed to the auction block
New findings about the 12,500-year-old Shigir Idol have major implications for the study of prehistory
A team used ground-penetrating radar to identify the outlines of a defensive outpost at the St. Mary's settlement
The unusual image "may be a satirical reference to cowardly or non-chivalric behavior of opponents," says curator Beverly Nenk
The state of Shu left behind few written records. A trove of 500 newly excavated objects may offer insights on the mysterious kingdom
In 1815, exiled Spanish king Joseph Bonaparte fled to the U.S., where he lived in luxury on a sprawling, 60-acre estate
The 3,000-year-old figurine was probably a votive offering made at the Greek god's altar in Olympia
A free radio documentary tells the tale of the long-overlooked individual who nearly killed the Italian dictator in 1926
Weighing in at 50 tons, the marble slab previously adorned the facade of the now-shuttered journalism museum in D.C.
A joint initiative from Boston University and the "Boston Globe" revamps a 19th-century abolitionist publication for 21st-century research about race
The five-part PBS series chronicles the community's story through archival footage, interviews
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