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New DNA Analysis Shows Aboriginal Australians Are the World’s Oldest Society
The group was the first to split after a single wave of migration out of Africa took place between 51,000 and 72,000 years ago, study shows
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Four Finds from University of Kansas’ Collection of Radical Zines
The university’s Solidarity! Radical Library boasts a collection of almost 1,000 alternative papers
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Five Times Aleppo Was the Center of the World’s Attention
Will the once-regal city survive this moment in the spotlight?
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Learn to Be a Viking (Without the Pillaging) in Ribe, Denmark
Travel back in time in this Viking village
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The Media Village at the Rio Olympics Is Built on a Mass Grave of Slaves
As Brazil looks forward to an Olympic future, it buries its past
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Unesco Names New World Heritage Sites
Rock art, irrigation and education add to the organization’s growing list of sites worthy of protection
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Britain’s Most Famous Plundered Art Could Finally Go Home
There’s a new attempt to return the Parthenon marbles to Greece
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Experience the Secrets of a Threatened Taiwanese Temple
New 3D reconstructions make it possible to look inside Lukang Longshan
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Japan Honors the Creator of the California Roll
Some may see it as an affront against sushi, others see an ambassador for culture
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The Library of Congress Needs Your Help to Identify These Silent Movies
For the fifth year, the “Mostly Lost” film festival calls on its audience to help identify obscure details in movie-making history
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Refugees Are Teaching Germans How to Cook Their Traditional Foods
Cooking classes are bridging the gaps between Germans and Middle Eastern refugees
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Vandals Destroyed 8,000-Year-Old Aboriginal Artworks in Tasmania
The priceless rock art is damaged beyond repair
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Five Landmarks Threatened by Climate Change
Will a warming planet destroy humankinds’ most precious cultural treasures?
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Rome Is Looking for People to Adopt Famous, Falling-Apart Sites
When in Rome, pony up some cash for cultural preservation
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Native Americans Decry the Auctioning-Off of Their Heritage in Paris
Community leaders convene at the National Museum of the American Indian to push for change
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China Will Start Publicly Shaming Tourists Who Graffiti Mount Everest
Leave nothing but footprints
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Unesco: Don’t Worry, Palmyra Is Still Authentic
The ancient city may have been destroyed, but it is still a treasured cultural site
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The Swiss tradition is much more than a simple yodel-ay-ee-oooo
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Is Bratislava’s Communist-Era Architecture Worth Preserving?
For residents of Slovakia’s capital, Cold War structures recall a painful past
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Eight Awesome Maps From Stanford’s New David Rumsey Map Center
A collection of 150,000 historic maps merges paper and digital images in new ways
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