Mysterious

On January 1, 1917, the body of Grigori Rasputin, the advisor to the rulers of Tsarist Russia, was found trapped under the…

You’d think a single disease would hit the whole world equally—we’re all human, after all. But some cultures have very specific disorders…

Shipwrecks, sacrificial slaughter, burial rites, accidents, and flooding create watery graves. Under the proper conditions, these remains can lay undisturbed for thousands…

Maps reflect our worldview—literally. Far from purely scientific instruments, they are almost always bound with history, mythology, and religion. A study of…

Space is unbelievably large and mysterious. It is unlikely that we will completely explore it before the end of humanity. Every once…

When people in the ancient world found gigantic ruins, they often described them as Cyclopean—as if only mythical Cyclops could have built…

For most people, Stonehenge stands as a symbol for the most ancient of civilizations, the work of humans who had barely emerged…

With 2019 drawing to a close, this year’s Egyptology harvest proved excellent once again. Sometimes, the finds were new. At other times,…

Most of history comes from what gets written down. But what we know of our past is only a sliver of everything…

Viruses challenge our definition of life. Neither dead nor alive, they are simply functional or not. Viruses do not possess the machinery…