The expansive ruins of Karnak Temple provide an unprecedented window into ancient Egypt. After decades of archaeological excavation work, researchers have amassed a treasure trove of information about ...

For centuries, the funerary masks of Colombia’s Eastern Andes have guarded their secrets. Crafted from resin, clay, wax, maize, and adorned with delicate beads, these masks were fitted so precisely to ...

Mammoth Cave doesn’t just sit as the world’s longest cave, it stretches, shifts, and surprises, adding new miles whenever surveyors squeeze deeper into the limestone. Standing at an entrance feels ...

In 2021, archaeologists digging at Gisr el-Mudir in Saqqara uncovered a limestone statue buried in the sand. At first, it seemed like many others from Egypt’s Old Kingdom—a standing man with his left ...

As all these discoveries show, the land’s buried secrets have the power to transform our understanding of history, faith, and the human experience. Few places on Earth carry as much weight of history ...

A sweeping new geoarchaeological study has revealed how Egypt’s famed Karnak Temple complex rose from an island amid Nile floods to become one of the ancient world’s most enduring sacred centers. By ...

Advertised online as an educational program with no screens and no politics, the Fairhaven Program isn’t a formal school, and students don’t get transcripts or credit. The enrollment of 10 is a ...

On any given year, Muir Woods National Monument draws hundreds of thousands of visitors from all over the world to take in the pristine views, trails and wildlife that make up one of the last ancient ...

As a Navy meteorologist, I couldn’t come across a better discovery than the world’s first meteorological weather station. The eight sides of this octagon-shaped structure, which is called the Tower of ...

Equally remarkable was the discovery of a fragment of ochre-painted sheep leather, confirmed through proteomic analysis, dating back 651 years. A basketry fragment from another nest proved to be from ...

Ancient ocean grains show Earth’s carbon levels were far lower than expected during key evolutionary eras. The results challenge old theories of life’s rise and hint at patterns that could shape our ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival across empires.