Missing Box Contains Bones of Britain’s Early Inhabitants
Carbon dating shows the remains were 9,000 years old
Jar Depicting Thracian Athlete Found in Grave of Sports Fan of Antiquity
Your move, fanatics of the 21st century
In Ukraine, Megastructures Help Chart the Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization
The arrangement of large public spaces at the sprawling Maidanetske site suggests the culture became less democratic before collapse
Construction Reveals Remnants of Roman Fort Below British Bus Station
Archaeologists found three defensive ditches, as well as coins, pottery and imported tableware
Listen to the Stories of Alabama’s Civil Rights Sites
A new interactive project seeks to preserve oral testimonies connected to 20 historic locations
The Poignant Wartime Diary of a Jewish Teenager Living in Poland Has Been Published in English
Renia Spiegel was killed by the Nazis when she was 18 years old
This Map Shows the Scale of 16th- and 17th-Century Scottish Witch Hunts
The interactive tool tells the stories of 3,141 men and women accused of practicing witchcraft
Research Suggests Machu Picchu Was Purposely Built on Top of Intersecting Fault Lines
It’s believed the fissures produced chunks of cracked rock that aided in the construction of the city’s tightly fitted stone walls
Chief Standing Bear, Who Fought for Native American Freedoms, Is Honored With a Statue in the Capitol
‘That hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain,’ the chief famously said during a landmark 1879 trial
After a 30 Year Absence, the Controversial ‘Porgy and Bess’ Is Returning to the Met Opera
From its debut, the show has been accused of cultural appropriation and stereotyping
Deadwood Is Getting a Brothel Museum
A non-profit is telling the local history of prostitution in the Wild West town, popularized by the HBO show of the same name
Ancient Egyptians Hunted, Then Mummified, Crocodiles
New scans of a 2,000-year-old crocodile specimen suggest the animal was hunted specifically for mummification
Study Shows U.S. Museums Still Lag When It Comes to Acquiring Works by Women Artists
Between 2008 and 2018, artwork by women represented just 11 percent of acquisitions and 14 percent of exhibitions at 26 major museums
New Biography Spotlights Jo Bonger, Sister-in-Law Who Helped Rescue van Gogh From Obscurity
Bonger, wife of van Gogh’s brother Theo, described her mission as ‘getting [Vincent’s work] seen and appreciated as much as possible’
Getty Launches $100 Million Project to Safeguard Heritage
The initiative will fund projects that will help sites weather threats like armed conflict, climate change and overtourism
Misidentified Roman ‘Pendants’ Were Actually Women’s Makeup Tools
Known as ‘cosmetic grinders,’ the artifacts would have been used to crush minerals for makeup
Student Discovers Secret Acrostic in Milton’s ‘Paradise Lost’
A Tufts University undergraduate spotted three interlocking instances of the word “FALL” in Book 9 of the epic poem
Upscale Butcher Shop Suggests Romans Were More Widespread in Britain Than Previously Thought
The animal remains at Ipplepen are part of mounting evidence that Roman influence stretched deep into Devon
Is This John Milton’s Annotated Copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio?
A copy of the Bard’s collected plays may contain notes penned by the ‘Paradise Lost’ author
Grave Hints at Interaction Between Early Humans Living in Great Lakes, American Southeast
Parallels between burial sites in the two regions suggest long-distance networks emerged earlier than previously believed
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