The discovery is the oldest known human burial site in North America, dating back to a time when woolly mammoths, American camels and dire wolves roamed a lush area marked by huge receding ice sheets.

An early civilization of Mississippian peoples mysteriously came to an end well before the first European explorations of North America.

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In England, bed burials involved in several occasions dismantled or incomplete beds, often found in cemeteries, but were also sometimes discovered in small, old burial mounds.

Today, burial mounds can be seen all along the coastal fields and rugged fjords of Norway, Sweden, and Denmark, some dating back as far as the Bronze Age, which, in this region, began in about ...

Shutterstock The Ancient Hohokam Between 450 and 1450 CE, the Hohokam turned Arizona’s Sonoran Desert into a farming empire ...

Florida’s past didn’t begin in 1492; it stretches back over 14,000 years. Long before Columbus set sail, Indigenous ...

Leka, a 500-million-year-old geological wonder in Trøndelag, offers a unique travel experience. Explore the island's dramatic ...

Ohio hides a natural sanctuary where ancient trees whisper secrets of the past and dramatic 100-foot bluffs offer views that ...

Fall might be when Highbanks truly earns its reputation as one of central Ohio’s most spectacular natural areas. The diverse tree species – maple, oak, hickory, beech, and more – create a mosaic of ...

Archaeologists have long thought that monumental architecture—large, human-built structures that emphasize visibility—were ...