For decades, Gunung Padang was treated as an important megalithic site in Indonesia. Then researchers began arguing that the visible terraces were only the top layer of something much older ...

At Ollantaytambo in Peru, enormous granite blocks weighing up to 80 tons remain scattered across mountainsides, valleys, and fields along the route from the quarry to the unfinished Sun Temple. Many ...

Rising abruptly from the lush, untamed jungles of southeastern Venezuela, Mount Roraima is a geological behemoth that defies logic. With its perfectly flat plateau and sheer, vertical cliffs plunging ...

Using the repatriation of Java Man as a springboard, it is time for Indonesia to develop a strong museum culture, not only to ...

In recent years, interest in Paganism has quietly grown across the region, as metaphysical shops and spiritual communities ...

Discover 4 UNESCO World Heritage Sites: Valletta’s fortified city, Olympia’s classical ruins, Siracusa’s remarkable ...

In 1928, naturalist Henry Beston famously wrote that our fellow animals are “gifted with the extension of the senses we have lost or never attained, living by voices we shall never hear. They are not ...

The past is more than what we leave behind. Shape your empire and make your own story in Civilization VII. Whether you choose to follow a path rooted in history or reimagine possibilities to chart ...

In villages like Ban Naphia, generations of artisans refused to let war have the final word. They gathered scraps of metal, ...

The United Nations was built on a fundamental conviction: dialogue is the path to peace. On this First International Day for Dialogue Among Civilizations, we celebrate that conviction – and the rich ...

Ancient Civilizations The Rise and Fall of the Aztec Civilization Explore the history of the Aztecs, their incredible achievements in art, architecture, and warfare, as well as the factors that led to ...

Located in the Germuş mountains of south-eastern Anatolia, this property presents monumental round-oval and rectangular megalithic structures erected by hunter-gatherers in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic ...