History

Maybe there are a few things we can still learn from it

It will not

You probably wouldn’t want to eat off them though

A new study says yes

These pilgrims didn’t have to secure travel money

In 1872, New York’s devastating epizootic gave the ASPCA’s young founder a powerful moral argument for animal protection

Another archaeological cold case solved

A new technique could unlock the secrets of the Herculaneum scrolls

Introducing the “natural kiln hypothesis”

The practice exploded in popularity following the Norman Conquest

Missing from the archaeological record, fiber innovations like string played a huge role in the daily lives of our ancestors. Researchers are working to weave together new insights from the traces they left behind

Autocracy wasn’t inevitable in early civilizations—many were more egalitarian. But when riches were there to monopolize, strongmen and inequalities emerged