Year: 2025
World Mythology Warnings for TODAY #2: Icarus’s Flight & Dangerous Ambitions
Welcome back to our series World Mythology Warnings for Today. In case you missed our previous (and first) episode, be sure you click here to explore what happened in Persia. In today’s…
Bronze Celtic Warrior Found Among 40,000 Artifacts in Bavarian Excavations
German archaeologists have uncovered a three-inch bronze Celtic warrior figurine among more than 40,000 artifacts during three years of excavations at Manching oppidum in Bavaria. Standing just under three inches tall, the…
Greenland’s Sled Dog Genomes Reveal Earlier Inuit Migration
Recent genomic research on Greenland’s indigenous sled dogs, known as Qimmit, has provided new insights into the early migration patterns of Inuit populations. A study published in Science sequenced the genomes of…
How the US Dollar Dominated Global Economy & Faces New Foes
Imagine a monetary system so mighty it fuels oil deals in the Middle East and coffee trades in East Africa. This financial powerhouse would be none other than the US dollar, the…
The Mummy with the Griffin Tattoo: 2,500 Year Old Tapestry on Skin
Frozen for 2,500 years in Siberia’s Altai Mountains, a Pazyryk mummy’s tattoos reveal a world of artistry that would enchant modern tattooists. This mummy belongs to that of a 50-year-old woman whose…
Archaeological Evidence Confirms Survivors Returned to Devastated Pompeii After 79 AD Eruption
Recent excavations at Pompeii have confirmed what archaeologists long suspected but struggled to document: survivors of Mount Vesuvius’s catastrophic 79 AD eruption returned to live among the ruins. The Pompeii archaeological discovery,…