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On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

The past has never been more visible. While ancient ruins crumble under the weight of time, weather, and human activity, a ...

Some 3,500 years ago, hunter-gatherers began building massive earthwork mounds along the Mississippi River at Poverty Point, ...

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In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Scientists dug into paleofeces for a new study, learning some very intimate details about how long-ago people lived.