volcanoes
Found: A Stash of Mystical Charms and Amulets in Pompeii
The ash-encased city always manages to surprise.
Stories
Stories shared by this traveler.
volcanoes
The ash-encased city always manages to surprise.
science
The earliest high-altitude settlement in Africa came as a surprise.
music
Archaeologists are finding evidence of the landmark festival anyway.
endangered animals
From poaching and dams and climate, sturgeon in Georgia are facing extinction.
science
Researchers spent 6,000 hours documenting their diet.
fossils
High-altitude fossils from the deep, deep past.
skulls
The safe way to encounter horns this big.
archaeology
Some associate him with a real-life Asterix, though less successful in resisting the Romans.
politics
But it’s not easy to say how long the Anglo-Zanzibar War actually was.
forests
These tamarins have an affinity for disturbed rain forest.
preservation
A rowhouse with a storied history is facing demolition.
genetics
Chicks born by artificial insemination offer new hope for the endangered kākāpō.
nazis
You might call it a miscommunique.
bars
It holds a semi-secret message of opposition to the king.
flowers
In Bologna and other cities around the world, it’s the age of the hardy invader.
forests
The lack of water ran very, very deep.