Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence ...

Some common foods that we have in our pantries can be traced back to ancient times. Take a look at the deep history of our ...

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Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many different ingenious inventions. Chocolate was a big aphrodisiac for Mesoamerican civilizations and used for energy. The first earthquake detector is ...

From the Minoan royal road to the Ridgeway, ancient roads still exist today showing how past civilizations built networks ...

Before modern science had a true understanding of what a solar eclipse is and how they work, ancient cultures had to form their own beliefs over what happened during this brief, but awesome, event.

“Echoes of the Andes” opened at the library this July in collaboration with the Andean Cultural Center of Rhode Island and ...

Ancient Persians believed the sky was blue because it reflected a massive sapphire beneath the Earth, giving the stone cosmic symbolism. Kings, priests, and rulers wore sapphires to signal wisdom, ...

We like to look at human history as a series of showdowns of right versus wrong. To make that convenient, some civilizations have been labeled barbarians, savages and absolute downright dirty dogs ...

Ancient Egyptian bust. How did ancient cultures view the mind, the brain, and their relationships? Source: Julia Kadel | Unsplash The German psychologist Hermann Ebbinghaus wrote in 1908 that ...

Radiance" reflects the artist's investigations into ultra-contemporary materials and ancient Japanese cosmologies.