When José Capriles arrived in 2008 at the Cueva del Chileno rock shelter, nestled on the western slopes of Bolivia’s Andes, he didn’t know what he would find within. Sweeping aside layers of fresh and ancient llama dung, he found the remains of an ancient burial site: stone markers suggesting a body had once been interred there and a small leather bag cinched with a string. Inside was a collection of ancient drug paraphernalia—bone spatulas to crush the seeds of plants with psychoactive...

Beth Moon slept under ancient baobabs and waited out the clouds to photograph Earth’s arboreal beauty at night. By Catherine Zuckerman.

How should we read Thucydides? By Johanna Hanink.

The absence of the tiniest creature can shape the world in the biggest way. By Robert Krulwich.

Shiny and sharp, obsidian is enjoying a bit of a pop culture moment. It plays a central role in HBO’s hit fantasy series Game of Thrones, now wrapping its final season. Called dragonglass on the show, obsidian is one of only two substances that can cut down White Walkers, malevolent otherworldly warriors. In the real world, the volcanic glass reveals the human story in a way no other material can.

Today, the city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan is relatively remote, known mostly for its magnificent medieval ruins. But over a millennium ago, it was one of the richest cities on the infamous trade route known as the Silk Road. Back in the 600s CE, that route was called simply "the road to Samarkand." By David Aragorn.

What would the ancient Babylonians have made of recent celestial events like the blood moon and super moon? Just ask Yale professor Eckart Frahm. By Bess Connolly. (Feb. 22, 2019)

Relying on clues from the past, a team of 19th-century archaeologists uncovered Delphi, the site where ancient Greeks asked questions, and Apollo answered them. By María Teresa Magadán.

Researchers are using conflicting pieces to puzzle out what happened in 241 BC.

Lessons from long-lost civilizations. By Hannah Yi.

I am reposting this list for International Women’s day. I would also like to ask for help from anyone who would like to aid in creating individual posts for each of the names in this list.

Building Your Worldview Clarification: Sometimes when it asks you to finish a sentence it is asking you to summarize what your read. Answers for Difficult Days by David Quine Monday & Tuesday complete Bible Study Number 3: Salvation....from the Penalty, Power, and the Presence of

At the bottom of a sacred lake two massive ships lay in ruin, remnants of a mad emperor. By Paul Cooper.

An archaeological site not far from the Dead Sea shows signs of sudden, superheated collapse 3,700 years ago. By Bruce Bower.

Studying the ice cores may help reconstruct fluctuations in the ancient economy. By Kiona N. Smith. (May 15, 2018)

The vessel dates back 2,400 years to the days of ancient Greece. By Colin Dwyer.

In 1885, an explorer ventured out into an uncharted area of the Kalahari Desert and would lay eyes upon a great mystery that still remains unexplained. By Brent Swancer.

For thousands of years, ancient Maya kings ruled a vast inland empire in Mexico and Belize. But just how inland was it, really? By Erik Vance.

The Measure of Homer bounds acrobatically backwards and forwards across the centuries, from the aristocratic Greek symposium of the sixth century BC to Christian Gdanmaa in the fifth century AD. By Peter Thonemann.

Men using the public toilets in Antiochia ad Cragum would have gotten the dirty jokes in the floor mosaics.