Category: Ancient History

Carved into the vertiginous slopes of Huayna Picchu, the Stairs of Death are a heart-pounding testament to the ingenuity and audacity of the Inca Empire …

Dating to around 2000 BCE, the Lurgan Canoe is Ireland’s oldest known boat and one of Europe’s longest dugout canoes, measuring an impressive 15 meters …

Jutting 350 feet into the sky above Oregon’s high desert, Monkey Face Rock is the star of Smith Rock State Park near Redmond and Terrebonne. …

The image of a medieval knight locking his wife in a chastity belt before riding off to battle is a vivid and enduring tale, steeped …

In 1960, Alfred “Freddy” Heineken, the visionary behind the Heineken brewing empire, visited Curaçao and was struck by a troubling sight: beaches littered with discarded …

In the ancient Viking trade hub of Birka, Sweden, a 10th-century grave has rewritten history, revealing the remains of a high-ranking shield-maiden—a woman who defied …

On March 14, 1938, a groundbreaking discovery in Ife, Nigeria, unearthed 17 brass and copper heads and the upper half of a brass figure during …

Rising 49 meters above the rolling countryside of Somerset, England, King Alfred’s Tower, often dubbed the “real Rapunzel Tower,” is a striking 18th-century folly that …

In the ancient swamps of the Carboniferous to Permian periods, roughly 250–300 million years ago, colossal dragonfly-like insects ruled the skies. Fossils of these creatures, …

Carved into a chalk hillside in Oxfordshire, England, the White Horse of Uffington is a striking prehistoric hill figure, dating back approximately 3,000 years to …