Long before the rise of the mighty dinosaurs on our Earth, the planet was indeed dominated by the mighty ‘giants,’ but the ...

The City of London, being very ancient, has many traditions and ceremonies, and as many of us still like dressing up in ...

Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.

Deep in the Ecuadorian Andes, an ancient forest stands as a final sanctuary against the encroachment of human activity. This ...

The ancient Egyptian civil calendar, in use by around 3000 BCE, divided the year into 12 months of 30 days plus five extra days. Based on solar cycles and the flooding of the Nile, it influenced later ...

An ancient Mayan manuscript known as the Dresden Codex has been shown to contain a remarkably accurate method for predicting ...

A MAJOR mystery surrounding Stonehenge’s origin has finally been solved. For centuries there have been all sorts of theories about how the giant rocks got there, from medieval myths linking ...

An ancient Mayan calendar, the Dresden Codex, was able to predict eclipses for centuries, revealing surprising scientific ...

By Daniel Wine, CNN 👋 Welcome to 5 Things PM! In a scene that brings new meaning to “scattered, smothered and covered,” ...

Free to enter and open Tuesday to Saturday, it’s stuffed with items that provide fascinating insights into the presidential household, whether it’s the furniture which fills its halls or the gifts ...

Still, the “board game” framing has a quiet strength: it’s testable. Scholars can compare wear patterns, spatial logic, and symbol clustering against known game-board behaviors, rather than betting ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a ...