Subscribe to Updates
Browsing: Ancient
The term surrealism — or rather, surréalisme — originates from the French words for “beyond reality.” That’s a zone, we may…
It was long ago that polytheism, as the story comes down to us, gave way to monotheism. Humanity used to…
JWST observations of the ultra-hot super-Earth exoplanet TOI-561 b provide the strongest evidence to date for an atmosphere surrounding a…
December 16, 20252 min readAdd Us On GoogleAdd SciAmAncient Bees Burrowed Inside Bones, Fossils RevealBones of now extinct species became…
The dawn of the Bronze Age was a tumultuous time for many human societies, as the social order of the…
Researchers setting up a drill in the Allan Hills region of Antarctica. This work was supported by the NSF Center…
1K What do the Pyramids of Giza, olive oil, and a Thanksgiving turkey have in common? They’re all important cultural…
As the founding myth has it, the city of Rome was established by a man named Romulus, one of two…
Starting at least 2.6 million years ago, East African toolmakers became tech-savvy road warriors. Those hominids, perhaps early members of…
QUICK FACTSName: Lake Hillier, Pink Lake and othersLocation: Western AustraliaCoordinates: -34.09487137998776, 123.20277096721424Why it’s incredible: Bacteria and microalgae turn these lakes…