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The oldest known masks in the world went on display in Jerusalem on Tuesday in the largest-ever exhibit of the ghoulish faces, believed to have been created thousands of years before the time of the ...

Learn about the origin of pizza from ancient flatbreads to 18th-century Naples. Explore the Margherita legend, key dates, and ...

Discover 25 Inventions That Are Way Older Than You Think! From ancient batteries to Roman concrete, explore surprising ...

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As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today. The ruins of the ...

In our fast-paced, tech-driven world, it’s fascinating to look back and appreciate the wisdom of ancient civilizations. These societies laid the foundation for many aspects of the modern world, from ...

Advanced alien civilizations may communicate via a series of flashing lights, similar to how fireflies do, a new paper hints. This would potentially make extraterrestrials much harder to spot if we ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — Archaeologists from Missouri State University are confirming the existence of a previously unknown ancient civilization hidden deep within the Brazilian Amazon, using advanced ...

A cube-shaped skull that was discovered in Mexico provides rare insight into a 1,400-year-old Mesoamerican civilization’s social practices — which included deliberate deformation. The skull belonged ...

A series of century-scale droughts may have quietly reshaped one of the world’s earliest urban civilizations. New climate reconstructions show that the Indus Valley Civilization endured repeated long ...