The Jewish legacy in the region of Antioquia, Colombia, can be seen in many aspects of the area’s contemporary culture and customs. Credit: Unknown, Public Domain /Pxhere / Ariely, Public Domain / Wikimedia.The Jewish legacy in Colombia’s Antioquia region remains very much alive in the area’s contem
‘Expoartesanias 2025’, the 35th edition of Latin America’s most important craft fair, is being held in Bogota, Colombia. Credit: Josep Maria Freixes / Colombia One.Bogotá, Colombia’s capital, has been transformed since last December 5 into a crucible of colors, textures, and knowledge with the openi
Dead Sea Scroll 28a from Qumran Cave 1, the Jordan Museum in Amman. Credit: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP (Glasg) / CC BY-SA 4.0After years of mystery, a scholar now claims to have made a breakthrough in understanding a long-unreadable script hidden in the Dead Sea Scrolls.Emmanuel Oliveiro, a res
Archaeologists document human skeletons at an excavation in Sanok — an illustrative image for how ancient remains can later be analyzed with ancient DNA to reconstruct lost human lineages like the 6,000 year old “ghost lineage” reported near Bogota. Credit: Silar, 2012 / CC BY SA 3.0 via Wikimedia C
Windmill Way, Square A4 after excavation. Credit: Heather Burke / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0In northern Queensland, Australia, archaeologists have uncovered rare evidence of Aboriginal string craft that dates back nearly 1,700 years. The discovery, made deep within the remote rock shelters of Quinkan Country,
Dec. 12 marks the feast day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, a Mexican symbol that has become an icon of Latin American identity. Credit: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0 / Wikimedia.The Dec. 12 celebration, the Day of the Virgin of Guadalupe, once again mobilizes millions of faithful in Mexico and
Visualization of the Roman building complex. Credit: Department of Education, Culture and Sport / Canton of Aargau, SwitzerlandA major archaeological find near the Limmat River in Gebenstorf, Switzerland, is offering fresh insight into the lost Roman complex in the region. What was once believed to
Seasonal short-leaved plants with two leaves, a tall stalk, and a flower. Credit: Yosef Garfinkel / CC BY 4.0Ancient pottery decorated with flower patterns from northern Mesopotamia may hold more than artistic value. A recent archaeological study has found that humanity’s oldest floral art, dating b
Gran Colombia was a failed project to create Latin American regional unity two centuries ago, whose legacy Petro and Maduro claim. Credit: Joel González / Presidency of Colombia / Arab Hafez, CC BY 3.0 / Wikimedia / Sofya Sandurskaya – TASS, CC BY 4.0 / Wikimedia.The Gran Colombia was one of the mos
Remains of zhi dao road, built by Qin people, in Shaanxi Province. Credit: The Government Website of Shaanxi ProvinceAn ancient road built more than two millennia ago has been unearthed in China’s Shaanxi Province, offering fresh insight into early Chinese infrastructure. The discovery includes an 8
Individual with left cleft, fancy headwear, and earrings from the Museo Larco. Credit: Beth K. Scaffidi / CC BY-NC-ND 4.0A preserved human head from ancient Peru has revealed a rare example of a facial congenital disability, offering new insight into how people with visible differences may have been
An ancient olive oil lamp. Credit: RNCB / Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0Olive oil has long been viewed as a cornerstone of life in ancient Mediterranean societies. It was used for cooking, lighting, and even in religious ceremonies. For decades, archaeologists have studied traces of olive oil left behind in
Mount Vesuvius, the volcano that buried Herculaneum and Pompeii in 79 A.D. Credit: The Dronaut / CC BY-SA 4.0A new study examining the clothing of Pompeii victims is raising doubts about the long-accepted date of Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 A.D. Researchers at the University of Valencia found tha
A section of Jerusalem‘s Hasmonean period city wall. Credit: Israel Antiquities AuthorityA recent archaeological discovery in Jerusalem’s Old City has revealed a significant portion of a 2,100-year-old defensive Hasmonean wall, buried for centuries beneath the later ruins of King Herod’s palace. Exp
Trackways with dinosaur tracks of style of preservation M5 on site CP3. Credit: Raúl Esperante / CC BY 4.0More than 18,000 fossilized dinosaur tracks have been uncovered in central Bolivia, making it the most extensive site of its kind ever documented. The discovery, made in Torotoro National Park a
An image of early Homo sapiens from Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann. Credit: Neanderthal-Museum, Mettmann / CC BY-SA 4.0A recent study is challenging the popular image tied to the Paleo diet by revealing that early humans were not strict meat-eaters but relied heavily on a wide range of processed plant
Louvre museum in the evening, as soon as the lights turn on. The Credit: Pedro Szekely / CC BY-SA 2.0Starting Jan. 14, international tourists visiting the Louvre Museum in Paris will face higher ticket price as part of a sweeping effort to modernize and secure France’s most famous cultural landmark.
Reconstruction of Lucy at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico. Credit: ErnestoLazaros / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 4.0A foot fossil found in Ethiopia is rewriting part of the story of human evolution. The 3.4-million-year-old remains, discovered in the Burtele region in 2009, show clear
Balcón de Montezuma Archaeological Zone. Credit: INAHArchaeologists have uncovered new evidence that reveals a unique and deliberate form of skull shaping practiced over 1,500 years ago in the mountainous region of northern Mexico. The discovery, made in the Balcón de Montezuma Archaeological Zone,
Zoomorphic, enigmatic, and anthropomorphic figures. Credit: Karen L. Steelman / CC BY-NC 4.0In a remote region of southwest Texas, United States, a newly published study reveals that murals painted on limestone canyon walls carried a shared spiritual worldview for more than 4,000 years. These artwor
A one-meter core of calcite pulled from a cave of Devils Hole in Nevada has yielded a rare record of roughly 580,000 years of climate change Credit: Ken Lund – CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons. A one-meter (roughly 3.3 feet) core of calcite pulled from a cave of Devils Hole in southern Nevada has
Large pit cut through chalk and Thanet Sand near Ebbsfleet, Kent. Credit: Vincent Gaffney / Open AccessNew research has uncovered what may be the largest known prehistoric structure in Britain — an enormous ring of deep pits that stretches around the Durrington Walls site, not far from Stonehenge.Th
Inside of Temple of Venus, Baiae, Italy. Credit: Mentnafunangann / Wikimedia Commons / CC BY-SA 3.0A centuries-old Roman temple in southern Italy has defied time, gravity, and geology by standing firm for nearly 2,000 years — even as the ground beneath it has slowly shifted and sunk. The Temple of V
Early civilizations built routes that would define the flow of goods, people, and culture. Credit: Raphael Chay/CC BY 3.0Long before paved highways and global transportation networks, early civilizations built routes that would define the flow of goods, people, and culture. These ancient roads, crea
