In the late 1990s, a major discovery divided archaeologists. A team of researchers, led by archaeologist Ivan Turk, found a unique artifact in a Neanderthal (Homo neanderthalensis) campsite in Slovenia. It appeared to be a flute, made from the femur of a cave bear cub.
What motivates you to wake up in the morning and tackle your day? How do you make your choices?
Just as early humans created art through cave paintings and pottery, music has also served as a universal form of...
Mesopotamia has long been considered as the “cradle of civilization,” housing some of the world’s earliest complex societies, such as the Sumerians, Akkadians, Assyrians, Persians, and Babylonians. Though we’ve since developed a sophisticated understanding of these ancient civilizations, their food menus remain quite obscure, beyond “old world” staples like barley, wheat, sheep, goat, cow, and pig.
Nowadays, most film studios rely on CGI and green screens, either entirely or as a supplement, to accomplish ambitious stunts.
Since euro coins first went into circulation in 2002, people have marveled at their designs.
In recent years, adults have gravitated toward some more youthful means of relieving stress: fidget cubes, slime, life simulator and sandbox games like Animal Crossing or Stardew Valley, and, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, coloring books. Though typically leaning into abstract themes like math, these adult coloring books are still nostalgic reminders of our childhoods—and when we vied for the crayon box with more confidence.
Facing the past can help pave the way for a more equitable future.
Big, complex venues and meticulously crafted entertainment are two things that may feel very modern, but somehow they aren't.
A stratified cross-section of a highway in the United Kingdom tells a fascinating history of the country. The image, which has been circulating online for several years, shows millennia of material from a Bronze Age trackway to modern asphalt. All the more interesting is the fact that the road represented is the A303, which runs through the Stonehenge World Heritage Site.
Visitors to national parks across the United States are now encountering new signage.
By the time Sione, Stephen, Kolo, David, Luke, and Mano were rescued from the remote Tongan island of ‘Ata, the...
