Tag: Culture

Insects play a crucial role in human cultural evolution, despite many people only thinking about them when trying to keep them out of their homes. Entomologist Barrett Klein from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...

Oracle bones are ancient artifacts from China that provide insight into the development of writing in ancient China. Dating back to the late Shang Dynasty, these bones were often made from tortoise shells or...

Artificial intelligence (AI) has been utilized to uncover hidden structural vulnerabilities in St. Peter's Basilica, located in the Vatican City. This marks the first time that such technology has been used to identify imperceptible...

A scholar claims that a tunic found in an ancient tomb in Greece belonged to Alexander the Great, sparking debate among experts. The tomb is believed to have belonged to Alexander's father, Philip II,...

While excavating an ancient Egyptian necropolis near Luxor, archaeologists uncovered a 3,800-year-old tomb that held the remains of 11 individuals, including five women, two men, three children, and one unidentified person. The burials were...

Astrology, a topic often associated with mysticism and pseudoscience in today's world, actually had a significant role in medieval society. Larisa Grollemond, assistant curator at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, curated an exhibit...

Culture plays a vital role in the way birds construct their nests, as suggested by a recent study conducted in the Kalahari Desert. White-browed Sparrow-Weavers in southern Africa were observed building communal nests and...

The world's oldest writing system may have originated from symbols used for trade on stone cylinder seals, a recent study suggests. These seals were used in Mesopotamia for exchanging farming produce and textiles, and...

Zackary Dunivin, a sociologist at the University of California, Davis, was intrigued by the concept of the "27 Club" after watching a movie about artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, who died at the age of 27....

A recent discovery at Pampa La Cruz, an archaeological site in Peru, has unearthed a burial mound containing the remains of 76 sacrificed children and two adults. This site is just one of many...