Some Indonesian dishes need no explanation — the reactions say everything. This video captures real, unfiltered moments as Westerners experience Indonesian food and struggle to describe what they’re ...

History is filled with powerful empires that seemed invincible until they weren't. Between roughly 1250 and 1150 BCE, major ...

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When a relative died, I was given an extraordinary artifact—and a head-spinning journey down a 25-year ethical rabbit hole.

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

In a study published in Latin American Antiquity, Dr. Julien Hiquet and Dr. Rémi Méreuze analyzed the remains of a unique ...

The team also extracted plant DNA from the burial of a high-status man. Testing showed that the grave contained significant amounts of DNA from two tree species whose bark was used to make clothes, ...

Ancient Cuneiform Script found in a Czech cave surprises researchers as they investigate whether it reflects lost cultural links.

No matter their own traditions, every member of society is expected to abet the ruse in public, lest children who celebrate ...

Flat-topped skulls have previously been unearthed in and around territory associated with the Mayans, who never established a ...

Nick Reiner, 32, is being held without bail on suspicion of murder after the bodies of the director Rob Reiner and his wife, ...