83 Fascinating Historical Treasures That Have Survived Through Time To Teach Us Something Today

As kids, many of us treated history like that one school subject we couldn’t wait to escape. It seemed packed with endless ...
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26 Of The World’s Oldest Written Text That Have Survived Against All Odds

Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...
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Maya Lin Connects Nature to a New Manhattan Skyscraper and Beyond

The famed artist and designer drew on her lifelong love of the environment for inspiration for new work in New York and Chicago. The American artist and designer Maya Lin standing on a rocky outcrop ...
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Huge hieroglyphs found in Egypt may be Earth’s first cosmic message

In a remote stretch of Egyptian desert, a set of huge carved symbols has revived one of humanity’s oldest questions: were our ancestors trying to speak to the cosmos. The newly highlighted tableau, ...
Archaeology

From Head to Toe in the Ancient Maya World

A Late Classic (A.D. 600–900) Maya vase from the Peten region of Guatemala portrays a king and queen (above, center) preparing to perform a ceremonial dance. Both royal figures wear feather ...