In his “Island at the Edge of the World,” the British archaeologist Mike Pitts delves into the misconceptions and legends ...

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In “Island at the Edge of the World,” Mike Pitts tells the story of the people who carved the giant heads on the remotest inhabited place on Earth.

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There are lots of unsolved mysteries in the world of math, and many of them start off with a deceptively simple premise, like ...

The latest chapter of One Piece's Elbaph Arc unveils the true meaning behind the “D.” Read on to find out more.

Our understanding of Ancient Greece relies on the few surviving books, among the countless lost ones, shaping what we know ...

Some discoveries make you stop and stare. The Nebra Sky Disc is one of them. Unearthed in Germany, this 3,800-year-old bronze ...

The unique bronze-and-gold Nebra Sky Disc appears to represent what the night sky looked like more than three millennia ago.