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Several Southeastern tribes have long said that their ancestors received immigrants from Mesoamerica and that these immigrants introduced many cultural changes. Far too few anthropologists were listening. – Author: Richard…
What are some of your favorite ancient places in Peru? “It’s an irritating reality that many places and events defy description. For instance, Angkor Wat and ancient Machu Picchu seem…
“Sumer, the land which came to be known in classical times as Babylonia, consists of the lower half of Mesopotamia, roughly identical with modern Iraq from north of Baghdad to…
You can’t visit the Vatican and not ask about the Pope, St.Peter’s Basilica, Vatican Library, or Vatican Necropolis. Today’s article is about the Vatican Necropolis, buried deep under the streets…
The ancient city of Petra, also known as AL-Batra in Arabic, is well known for being carved into the bedrock. Established 300 BC, Petra is an ancient wonder of the world…
“Sometimes I’ll pick up the “heart of the jungle” fossil on my bookshelf, or pull out my old field notebooks from my desk drawer, warped by Amazonian rains and the…
Stonehenge is often reduced to a postcard—a silent ring of prehistoric stones standing in an empty field. But the monument was never just a circle. It was built in stages…
“Tír gan teanga, tír gan anam. A country without a language is a country without a soul.” Even though Ireland shares her beauty with the world, she also possesses more…