An exhibit commemorating the 45th anniversary of the monolith’s discovery and exploring Mexica mythology will run from Feb. 22 to Jun. 4.

Arbeia Roman Fort & Museum | A Visitor’s Guide

Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.

El Castillo, Chichén Itzá. Left: Image from 1960s-1970s (2006.017.101). Right: Image by Frederick Catherwood (Stephens 1843:312 “Castillo, Chichén Itzá). What changes have occurred since Catherwood’s lithograph? Note the restoration and open space around the building.

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Though scholars know the Anunnaki as the gods of ancient Mesopotamia, fringe theorists believe they are ancient alien invaders from the planet Nibiru. Before the Greeks exalted Zeus or the …

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This man was buried upright (Photo: Andreas Kotula) Archaeologists in Germany have excavated a burial site, first found in 1962 on top of a rocky hill, that they now believe is the first “true…

Elephant Rock is located along the volcano-formed coast of Heimaey, an island off the coast of Iceland. Diego Delso Iceland is a land of volcanoes. Nowhere is this more evident …

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Old London Bridge was by far the longest inhabited bridge in Europe.

Of all the world’s lost cities, none surely can compete for evocative splendour, age or mystery with Babylon. Here on the desert plains 60 miles south of Baghdad, where the sun turns horizons into flashing pools of mercury, is where so much human history began.