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The team stand amidst the timber circle reconstruction. Source: Vesthimmerlands Museum / Guardian.

Ritual Timber Circle Found in Denmark may have Links to Stonehenge

All That History February 28, 2025

An ancient timber circle with a similar arrangement to the famous Stonehenge in England has...

How the divination spoon functioned is not known, but it was believed to be used to see the future. Source: Manx National Heritage.

Extremely Rare Divination Spoon Found on Isle of Man was used for Prophecy

All That History February 21, 2025

A 2,000 year old metal spoon has been found on the Isle of Man in...

Aztec skull whistles produce a sound which elicits a fundamentally different response in our brains to other natural sounds. Source: Jennysnest / CC BY-SA 4.0; inset Frühholz, S., Rodriguez, P., Bonard, M. et al. Psychoacoustic and Archeoacoustic nature of ancient Aztec skull whistles. Commun Psychol 2, 108 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44271-024-00157-7.

A Hiss, and a Scream: The Reason Aztec Skull Whistles are so Scary

All That History November 19, 2024

Musical instruments are near universal across all cultures, ancient and modern, but the music they...