Archaeologists from the University of Manchester, in collaboration with the University of Cardiff and Herefordshire County Council, have discovered rock crystals during excavations at Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire, England.
Pompeii was a Roman city, located in the modern commune of Pompeii near Naples in the Campania region of Italy.
The Olmec are the earliest known Mesoamerican civilisation (also referred to as the “mother culture” of Mesoamerica). The name ‘Olmec’ comes from the Nahuatl word: Ōlmēcatl or Ōlmēcah, meaning ‘rubber people’.
Dozens of Maya elite are buried within Tikal’s temples.
The temple had been ritually demolished in ancient times.
Archaeologists excavating in Abusir, south of Cairo near Saqqara, Egypt, have discovered the ruins of what may be one of the four lost Ancient Egyptian “sun temples”.
Ghost tracks found in salt flats have been identified as prehistoric footprints from the last ice age.
More than 11,000 years ago, young children trekking with their families through what is now White Sands National Park in New Mexico discovered the stuff of childhood dreams: muddy puddles made from the footprints of a giant ground sloth.
Although this 1700 years old luxury villa was excavated and examined both in 1856 and in the 1990s, it still has secrets to reveal.
Meet Dr. Carol Ward, a scientist from the Leakey Foundation, and hear from her what fossils tell us about the evolution of the way we move and more!
Meet Leakey Foundation grantee Dr. Erin Vogel and learn about orangutan diet, nutrition, and conservation in this special Earth Day episode.
Meet Baldwin Fellowship Scholar Onja Razafindratsima and learn about the complex interaction between lemurs and their environment. She also discusses lemur conservation in Madagascar.