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The modern-day Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, which may have Pre-Columbian roots. Source: Jeffrey Dunn / CC BY-SA 2.0.
12 FEB 2025 · 2 MIN

The Roots of Carnival? New Finds Suggest Seasonal Parties in Pre-Columbian Brazil

Brazil is famous for its Carnival season, an almost week-long party which unifies the country in a spirit of feasting, drinking, and of course dancing. This is traditionally held just before Lent,…
Walrus ivory scrimshaw dated to around 1100, carved in the same fashion as the prow of a Viking longboat. New research has pinpointed where such walrus were hunted by Norsemen, revealing that their expeditions roamed much farther than previously thought. Source: Cleveland Museum of Art / Public Domain.
7 OCT 2024 · 2 MIN

Ancient Walrus Ivory Reveals Vikings Regularly Hunted in North America

We may have grown up thinking it was true, but Columbus was not the first European to make contact with North America when he sailed the ocean blue in 1492. Norse sailors…