Connecting the dots across time
Forget the stereotype of the dirty, dishevelled barbarian. Archaeological and historical evidence reveals that Vikings were surprisingly obsessed with hygiene, using combs, tweezers, and even ear spoons to maintain their…
Were the Amazons of Greek myth more than just legend? New archaeological discoveries are unearthing the graves of real-life warrior women from the ancient Scythian steppes, revealing skeletons buried with…
Long before the famed Library of Alexandria, there was a far older repository of knowledge in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh. This is the story of Ashurbanipal, the last great…
Etched into the arid plains of southern Peru, the Nazca Lines are a series of colossal geoglyphs that have baffled historians for decades. We explore the ancient culture that created…