Chile’s Atacama Desert is the driest in the world. Most of the desert is made up of stony terrain, salt lakes, sand and felsic lava that flows towards the Andes to the east. It’s a thoroughl... Read more
A thriving whaling industry might not immediately spring to mind when we think about Roman culture. But with new research debunking long-standing assumptions on early whaling, that’s all abo... Read more
Before Europeans started colonising the Americas around 500 years ago, the land was populated by native human inhabitants and the animals living alongside them. Now, exhaustive DNA studies h... Read more
Veterinary care for horses dates back to 1,300-700 BC, according to new research from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History. A team of scholars, led by William Taylor of... Read more
More items continue to be discovered at the well-known site of the iconic Chinese Terracotta Warriors, the latest of which include armor, stone helmets, and the remains of animals and relics... Read more
Archaeologists and environmental scientists have taken a unique and successful approach in researching the history and formation of Zanzibar; correlating the historical changes in sea level... Read more
The Lamia Archaeological Museum in Greece is home to a 2600 year old wine cup with inscriptions that appear to depict random animals. According to a new study by researcher John Barnes howev... Read more