Experts will gather Saturday and Sunday at the Westin Mission Hills Resort in Rancho Mirage to examine ancient cultures and theories tied to the Great Year — otherwise known as the "precession of the ...

Rachel Newcomb is an anthropologist and the Diane and Michael Maher distinguished professor of teaching and learning at Rollins College. She is the author of “Everyday Life in Global Morocco.” How ...

In the podcast Totuuden liepeillä professors Arto Mustajoki and Saana Svärd discuss how we know what we know about ancient Mesopotamia – and what we can’t know. Assyriologists study the peoples, ...

As far back as 40,000 years ago, humans kept track of time using relatively sophisticated knowledge of the stars, new research shows. Some of the world's oldest cave paintings have revealed how ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. More than 1,700 years ago, ancient farmers in China transformed one of Earth's driest deserts ...

Once upon a time, fitness was seen in two lights - 1. Lifting heavy weights in the gym, sweating and panting for breath, 2. Turning yourself into a pretzel on the Yoga mat, struggling to keep up with ...