Grave 109 at Oakington is a rare triple burial, holding the remains of a female infant, a young woman (left) and an older woman (center). Duncan Sayer The soldiers arrived in “three ships of war, with ...
On New Year’s Day especially, prayers pile up at Shinto shrines and Buddhist temples throughout Japan. Written on wooden plaques, called ema, these wishes float to the heavens. “Find me. Love Me.
About 1 inch long and 0.2 inches tall For the residents of ancient Maresha in southern Israel, animal bones that may seem like useless leftovers destined for the trash heap were used to play games and ...
This is a follow-up to a story that appears in the June 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. On a fall morning in 1937, an Emory University geologist was walking down a hallway in the alumni ...
It began more than a century ago, deep within the ancient turquoise mines of Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula. There, hidden among the rugged cliffs and wind-carved passageways, faint carvings etched into the ...
Learn the benefits and risks of options and how to start trading options Lucas Downey is the co-founder of MoneyFlows, and an Investopedia Academy instructor. Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, ...
SCRIBE STATUE. FOUND: Lagash, Iraq. CULTURE: Sumerian. DATE: ca. 2400 B.C. LANGUAGE: Sumerian. In early 2016, hundreds of media outlets around the world reported that a set of recently deciphered ...
The Great Barrier Reef is a site of remarkable variety and beauty on the north-east coast of Australia. It contains the world’s largest collection of coral reefs, with 400 types of coral, 1,500 ...
The City of Yazd is located in the middle of the Iranian plateau, 270 km southeast of Isfahan, close to the Spice and Silk Roads. It bears living testimony to the use of limited resources for survival ...