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The church's facade.

Ixcateopan de Cuauhtémoc, Mexico

Museo de Santa María de la Asunción

This church turned museum is dedicated to the last Mexica ruler, whose remains were allegedly buried under the altar.

Excavations near the modern Slovakian town of Vráble, for which the site is named, offered archaeologists new insights into the counterclockwise rotation of ancient construction.

The Mystery of Neolithic Slovakia's Rotating Villages

It’s hard to think straight when your brain is asymmetric.

Isaac Schultz February 5, 2020

A community dinner to celebrate the "Meals as Collective Memory" project at Weeksville Heritage Center, which stands at the site of historic Weeksville.

The Culinary Legacy of Brooklyn's First Free Black Community

Weeksville residents set a precedent of self-determination that is still visible at Brooklyn restaurants.

Reina Gattuso February 4, 2020

ancient technology

Ancient Hot Pots Helped Hunters Survive the Siberian Ice Age

16,000 years later, they still contain traces of cooked meat and fish.

Matthew Taub February 3, 2020

German authorities with a 500-pound bomb discovered during construction work. Such discoveries are regular occurrences in cities that were bombed during World War II.

What Happens When They Find a World War II Bomb Down the Street

In German cities, it means alerts, traffic, evacuations, and at least a little anxiety.

Andrew Curry January 27, 2020

The Lanchester Diploma.

Durham, England

The Lanchester Diploma

The 2,000-year-old pieces of metal are an ancient soldier's military discharge papers.

Qumran Ruins

Qumran

The Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered in the ruins of this ancient monastic community.

Please respect the residents.

Oxford, England

Port Meadow

Legend says this public grazing area hasn't been plowed for thousands of years.

Shell game: Neanderthals likely found these cutting tools beneath the waves.

Some Neanderthals Wintered in Italy, Diving for Clams

In the absence of stone tools, bivalves would have to do.

Isaac Schultz January 16, 2020

Overhunting led to smaller and smaller walruses, until the Viking colony on Greenland became unviable.

How Vikings Hunted Themselves Off of Greenland

Even marauding Norsemen can be guilty of entrepreneurial overreach.

Isaac Schultz January 15, 2020

Baker Archaeological Site.

Baker Archaeological Site

This ancient village provides insight into the complexity of the pre-Columbian Fremont Culture.

A row of stone monoliths, or moai, on Ahu Tongariki in Rapa Nui.

Easter Island's Monoliths Made the Crops Grow

By quarrying rock for the statues, the people of Rapa Nui fertilized the soil.

Reina Gattuso January 8, 2020

Low tide is the perfect time to mudlark.

How to Scavenge for Bits of History Like London's Mudlarks

A guide to scouting for humble treasures on the shore of the Thames.

Jessica Leigh Hester January 2, 2020

The cord and unfinished longbow found on Ötzi, who was killed in Europe's Ötztal Alps over five millennia ago.

Drawing a Bead on a Mummy’s Ancient Arsenal

Ötzi’s 5,300-year-old hunting kit could offer clues about how life was lived in Copper Age Europe.

Isaac Schultz December 31, 2019

A reconstruction of the Iron Age roundhouse at Ulster, where archaeological evidence suggests massive feasts were held.

The Irish Pigged Out on Pork in a ‘Mammoth’ Iron Age Building

The guests brought swine from far and wide, and left dozens of carcasses behind.

Isaac Schultz December 27, 2019

Panna Meena ka Kund.

Panna Miyah ka Kund

The beautiful 16th-century stepwell lies in the shadow of a famous fortress.

Excavations in the terraces of the Solo River, where just over 100,000 years ago, <em>Homo erectus</em> remains piled up.

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

Arch of Marcus Aurelius.

Tarabulus, Libya

Arch of Marcus Aurelius

This triumphal arch is the only fully standing structure that remains from Roman-era Oea.