Gunung Padang sits on top of an extinct volcano in West Java, Indonesia. In recent times, the beautiful hilltop has attracted ...

Its name translates to "mountain of enlightenment" from Sundanese, the native language of the area, as the place served for religious rituals throughout history ... such as Gobekli Tepe [in ...

Known as Göbekli Tepe (pronounced Guh-behk-LEE TEH-peh ... was an explosively important event—"the greatest in human history after the mastery of fire." Of all the aspects of the revolution ...

Al-Monitor is an award-winning media outlet covering the Middle East, valued for its independence, diversity and analysis. It is read widely by US, international and Middle East decision makers at the ...

to join his mission to greater understand the depths of human history. Exploring ancient sites like Turkey’s Gobekli Tepe and ...

The Smithsonian Institution was established with funds from James Smithson (1765–1829), a British scientist who left his estate to the United States to found “at Washington, under the name of the ...

Surnames can reveal much about your family history, but they can also be a minefield of misinformation. By Paul Blake. Twenty members of the public describe what spurred them on to discover more ...

Andrew Curry is a Berlin-based journalist who writes about science and history for a variety of publications, including National Geographic, Nature, and Wired. He is a contributing editor at ...

The Smithsonian not only explores U.S. history and culture to better understand what it means to be an American, but also examines, explains, and protects cultural heritage in the U.S. and around the ...

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