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The Figueira Brava cave in Portugal, where Neanderthals had their pick of fruits de mer.
caves

Holed Up in a Portuguese Cave, Neanderthals Supped on Seafood

For skeptics, no amount of crab legs and speared shark are enough to upend the caveman stereotype.
Isaac Schultz April 6, 2020
The ancient yeast could only be revived with Emmer, an older, less common varietal of wheat likely used by ancient Egyptians.
science

How the Man Who Invented Xbox Baked a 4,500-Year-Old Egyptian Sourdough

It took three experts, two museums, and one clay pot to bake a truly ancient loaf.
Luke Fater April 2, 2020
The Sixteen Wells and stone Buddhist statues.
Kamakura, Japan

Sixteen Wells

This mysterious medieval grotto holds a grid of sacred wells of unknown purpose.
Panoramical interior view
San Martín de Montalbán, Spain

Santa María de Melque

This ancient Visigothic church might hide an ancient treasure.
The structure of these ancient ballcourts varies a bit, but at each site there's a consistent pattern: a playfield framed by two embankments.
ancient

An Ancient Ballcourt in Oaxaca Expands a Sport’s Footprint

3,000 years before the Aztecs, Mesoamericans were already playing ball.
Isaac Schultz March 25, 2020
The Leang Bulu Bettue cave, where the ancient portable artworks were recently excavated.
islands

Itsy-Bitsy Indonesian Rocks Are Rewriting the History of Ancient Art

The token-size stones offer insight into life 20,000 years ago.
Isaac Schultz March 24, 2020
L.2461 on display at the Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient.
Istanbul, Turkey

Istanbul 2461

Quite possibly the oldest love poem known to humankind.
Oxford, England

Saint Margaret's Well

The medieval legend behind this holy well was one of the inspirations behind "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland."
Tokyo, Japan

'Antinous as Vertumnus'

Unbeknownst to most passersby, this marble statue standing outside an office building is a genuine piece of second-century Rome.
Palace Atetelco
San Juan Teotihuacan de Arista, Mexico

Palace Atetelco

This pre-Hispanic apartment complex also includes ancestral paintings that point to its military past.
Freiburg Bächle
Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany

Freiburg Bächle

These paved rills bring freshwater into Altstadt and could spell wedding bells for whoever stumbles into the waters.
Servian Wall at McDonald's
Rome, Italy

Servian Wall at McDonald's

Inside this McDonald's you can dine on your Big Mac and fries next to a 2,500-year-old Roman wall.
The monument commemorating the site of Kameido Zeniza.
Tokyo, Japan

Kameido Zeniza Monument

This often-overlooked monument was crafted in the shape of the iconic samurai coin to honor an Edo-period mint.
A view from Budj Bim National Park, in southwest Victoria.
Heywood, Australia

Budj Bim Cultural Landscape

The Gunditjmara Aboriginal people of Australia began construction on this vast aquacultural complex 6,600 years ago.
The Aqueduct of Kavala
Kavala, Greece

The Aqueduct of Kavala

This ancient structure appears Roman, but was constructed during the 16th century and was utilized until 1911.
Qumran Ruins
Palestine

Qumran

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.
Dolmen of Guadalperal.
Peraleda de la Mata, Spain

Dolmen of Guadalperal

This 7,000-year-old megalithic wonder covered by a Franco-era reservoir emerges in times of drought.
Excavations in the terraces of the Solo River, where just over 100,000 years ago, <em>Homo erectus</em> remains piled up.
ancient

Found: The Last Stand of a Human Ancestor

The newly dated remains were found amid thousands of other bones on an Indonesian island.
Isaac Schultz December 26, 2019