Signatures meant more in Mesopotamia than they do now: What cylinder seals say about ancient and modern life

When rolled on a moist clay tablet, these engravings left low-relief markings, signifying that the object's owner authorized ...
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From Mango Orchards to Emperor Mummies, These Islands In Ethiopia Have Very Different Stories

In 2017, astronomers on board the International Space Station photographed two eerie islands in Ethiopia. Dek and Daga lie in ...

Four restaurant dishes we loved in October, like Peruvian aji de gallina at Rosario’s

Each month, we’ll provide you with recommendations about a few of the dishes we’ve tried. Want to hear about them early? Subscribe to the Stuffed newsletter, where we introduce one each Wednesday. How ...

Inspired by Rome’s Pantheon: An Underground Art Cave in South Korea

The British sculptor Antony Gormley and the Japanese architect Tadao Ando designed an installation evoking the ancient Roman dome. Building it was complicated.
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Migrant sex offender mistakenly released from prison deported to Ethiopia

Hadush Kebatu has arrived in Ethiopia after being deported from the UK with no right to return, the Home Office has confirmed ...

AI reveals which predators chewed ancient humans’ bones – challenging ideas on which ‘Homo’ species was the first tool-using hunter

Traditionally, paleoanthropologists believed that Homo habilis, as the earliest big-brained humans, was responsible for the earliest sites with tools. The idea has been that Homo habilis was the ...