Too often, it might appear as if Egypt’s dunes no longer deliver Giza-grade delights. While it would be extremely difficult to top…
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Different cultures once thrived in Mesoamerica, a region in southern North America. The civilizations were otherworldly enough to stay fascinating today. Recent…
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Food has evolved a lot. It’s easy to take the complexity of the recipes and technology we enjoy today for granted—but it…
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A history as old as China’s is a smorgasbord for archaeologists. The ancient culture continues to reveal long-hidden layers, adding to an…
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Modern prosthetics are madly amazing. Some technologies allow amputees to feel what they’re touching with artificial fingers, and strides are being made…
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“GMO” foods may seem like a modern phenomenon, made possible only because of well-funded labs and genome analysis. What most consumers don’t…
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Since its launch in 2010, the History channel’s hit show Ancient Aliens has entertained viewers with thought-provoking and controversial evidence of “ancient…
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Humans have been drinking alcohol for millennia. Anthropologists believe that alcohol may be the primary cause for the shift from hunter-gathering to…
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The Persian Empire believed in justice. They had strict and careful rules about sentencing a punishment for a crime. No one, they…
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Prosthetics are not a modern invention. For millennia, physicians and craftsmen have built replacements for body parts that people have lost through…