Archaeology
RAM HEADS FOR RAMESSES
While exploring the surroundings of the temple of the pharaoh Ramesses II (reigned ca. 1279-1213 B.C.) in the ancient Egyptian city of Abydos, archaeologists from New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World uncovered an enormous collection of mummified animal heads in an ancient storage area.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
NOSE TO TAIL
Los Angeles' first Chinatown was settled starting around 1880, south of the city's historic center, the Los Angeles Plaza. Over the next two decades, the densely populated neighborhood expanded to the northeast and became home to a range of Chinese-owned businesses. These included markets that sold fare such as plum sauce for seasoning roast meat and restaurants that served up delicacies such as bird's nest soup and century eggs.
3 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
SUNKEN CARGO
Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) archaeologists have begun to investigate 44 tons of marble building materials that a swimmer spotted in shallow water 600 feet off the coast of the ancient Roman port of Caesarea after they were exposed by a recent storm.
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September/October 2023
Archaeology
ROYAL WHARF
During excavations in Oslo's Bjørvika neighborhood, archaeologists have uncovered a portion of the foundations of a medieval wharf.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
PIZZA! PIZZA?
When Pompeian authorities recently unveiled a new wall painting, it launched an international debate.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
Secrets of Egypt's Golden Boy
CT scans offer researchers a virtual look deep inside a mummy's coffin
8 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
RITES OF REBELLION
Archaeologists unearth evidence of a 500-year-old resistance movement high in the Andes
8 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
PREVENTING THE RETURN OF THE DEAD
An archaeological team excavating a necropolis at the site of Sagalassos in southwest Turkey uncovered an unusual and very eerie tomb.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
LAPAKAHI VILLAGE, HAWAII
Standing beside a cove on the northwest coast of the island of Hawaii, the fishing village of Lapakahi, which is surrounded by black lava stone walls, was once home to generations of fishers and farmers known throughout the archipelago for their mastery of la'au lapa'au, or the practice of traditional Hawaiian medicine. \"
2 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
When Lions Were King
Across the ancient world, people adopted the big cats as sacred symbols of power and protection
8 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
UKRAINE'S LOST CAPITAL
In 1708, Peter the Great destroyed Baturyn, a bastion of Cossack independence and culture
10+ min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
BRONZE AGE POWER PLAYERS
How Hittite kings forged diplomatic ties with a shadowy Greek city-state
10 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
THE ELEPHANT AND THE BUDDHA
While working in the village of Gada Balabhadrapur on the banks of the Daya River in India's state of Odisha, archaeologists unearthed a three-foot-tall sculpture of an elephant dating to the third century B.C., a time when Buddhism flourished in the area.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
DRAMATIC ENTRANCE
Four miniature terracotta masks found in the Roman city of Jerash in Jordan shed light on its theater district in the second century A.D. Excavators from the University of Jordan unearthed the masks in a doorway of a structure.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
A MORE COMFORTABLE RIDE
Although the date is much debated, most scholars believe people 5,000 years ago. For thousands of years after that, they did so without saddles. \"In comparison with horse riding, the development of saddles began relatively late, when riders began to care more about comfort and safety in addition to the horse's health,\" says University of Zurich archaeologist Patrick Wertmann.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
A Very Close Encounter
New research has shown that human figures painted in red on a rock art panel in central Montana depict individuals engaged in a life-or-death encounter during an especially fraught historical moment.
1 min |
September/October 2023
Archaeology
A Sword for the Ages
A zigzag pattern, now tinged with the green-blue patina of oxidized metal, adorns the octagonal hilt of a rare sword dating to the Middle Bronze Age in Germany (1600-1200 B.C.) that was recently excavated in the Bavarian town of Nördlingen.
1 min |
September/October 2023
The New Yorker
Why So Serious?
The delights of "Harley Quinn," on Max.
5 min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
Crazy Town
The singular stories of Steven Millhauser.
10 min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
MOST WANTED
\"Passages\" and \"Lady Killer.\"
6 min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
The True Margaret
Meera was recalling the tragedy of her first marriage. Married off to an Indian doctor in 1959, she had moved to London only to discover that her new husband, Ravi, already had a wife in the city.
10+ min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
THE GIFT
What should you do with an oil fortune?
10+ min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
YOU HAD TO BE THERE
How a ramshackle street shaped a generation of artists.
10+ min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
HIGH STRUNG
A violinist reinvents her instrument-and her musical persona.
10+ min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
Youth Movement
What happened when the country's schoolgirls took off their veils.
10+ min |
August 14, 2023
The New Yorker
TASTE OF CHERRY
Ann Patchett's pandemic novel
10 min |
August 07, 2023
The New Yorker
EVOLUTION
Bethany Cosentino's songs of self-actualization
5 min |
August 07, 2023
The New Yorker
LOVER BOΥ
Erica Schmidt revives Tennessee Williams's \"Orpheus Descending.\"
5 min |
August 07, 2023
The New Yorker
THE MAKING OF A MUTINY
How the Wagner Group went from fighting in Ukraine to staging an armed uprising at home
10+ min |
August 07, 2023
The New Yorker
HIDDEN DEPTHS
How an amateur diver became a true-crime sensation
10+ min |