A stroll 13,000 years ago: The earliest known human footprints in North America found on a Canadian island
A stroll 13,000 years ago: The earliest known human footprints in North America found on a Canadian island
St Edward’s Church, Stow-on-the-Wold, praised for its architecture, wins special attention for a door that some believe inspired J. R. R. Tolkien
The Kennewick Man, a highly contested set of 8,500-year-old human remains, most closely matches DNA of modern-day Native Americans
The Guisborough Helmet, discovered in England in 1864, is believed to be the cavalry headgear of an ancient Roman
Decorating Easter eggs became a Christian custom by 13th century, with the hard-boiled shell representing Jesus’ empty tomb
An ancient landfill: A huge artificial hill in Italy helps archaeologists understand how trading networks worked in Rome
A set of strange mummified remains found in Chile fed alien-among-us theories for decades, but it is a tragic human story
An ancient landfill: A huge artificial hill in Italy yields helps archaeologists understand how trading networks worked in Rome
Salisbury Cathedral could possess the world’s oldest working mechanical clock, still capable of chiming the hour