Five of the World’s Most Fascinating Topiary Gardens
Whimsical gardens in surprising shapes decorate homes, churches and cemeteries around the world. We’ve rounded up five of the most extraordinary
Ancient Urns or Drinking Vessels for Giants? Behind the Mysterious Plain of Jars in Laos
A grassy area studded with hulking, 2,000-year-old jars provides a surreal sight as well as an archeological puzzle
Cyber-archeology May be the Way to Remember Artifacts Destroyed by Militants
Digitally saving 3D models is the only way to offset some lost cultural artifacts
Ancient Pit Home Unearthed in a Salt Lake City Suburb
Spear points and other artifacts found in the 1,500-year-old home
Recently Translated Papyrus Details 1,900-Year-Old Hangover Cure
Those disappointed by the effectiveness of this 1,900-year old remedy can instead peruse the eye surgery techniques in other ancient texts
Ancient Tech Could Help Solve Lima’s Water Crisis
Turns out Peru’s Wari people were excellent urban planners…and their 1,500-year-old ‘amunas’ could soon bring water to Lima
Northern Europeans Were Not So Sold on Farming
A new study of ancient beads shows “an enduring cultural boundary” between northern and southern Europe during the Neolithic Age
Two Eerie Medusa Heads Watch Over Turkey’s Waterways
Why the Greek monster stares out from an ancient cistern in Istanbul
Why These Stone-Age Farmers Took the Flesh Off Their Dead
New research shows evidence of an early burial rite
Tree Grown From 2,000-Year-Old Seed Has Reproduced
Age doesn’t have much on this rare piece of greenery sprouted from a seed discovered in an ancient Israeli site
You Can Thank the Ancient Maya for Your Grocery Store’s Papaya
New research suggests the Mesoamerican civilization was responsible for first cultivating the hermaphrodite version of the plant favored by growers
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”
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
Humans Relied on Rainforest Riches 12,000 Years Earlier Than Thought
Fossil remains suggest that prehistoric people in Sri Lanka may have eaten monkeys and other forest species
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?
UN: Destroying the Ancient City of Nimrud Was a “War Crime”
Global outcry after ISIS razes 3,000-year-old archaeological site with bulldozers
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
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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