Culture
Reviving the Past: The Recreating the Aurochs’ Effect
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Tauros, bred to resemble extinct aurochs, are reintroduced to Europe, restoring ecological balance and connecting us to ancient heritage.
Indigenous Land
300 year old feathered cloak returned to Brazil’s Tupinambá de Olivença people
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A cloak of thousands of scarlet ibis feathers, sacred to the Indigenous Tupinambá people of Brazil, has been in Danish hands since the 1600s. Now it has finally been returned to Brazil in the midst of an ongoing dispute over Indigenous rights in the country.
Indigenous Land
“Water cult” temple may re-write Indigenous history in South America
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In Peru’s Virú Valley, the remains of pre-Incan water cult may rewrite human history in the region while also highlighting the critical importance of water for our survival and the urgent need for preservation efforts to protect invaluable cultural heritage.
Europe
Recent Challenges to the Antikythera Mechanism
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The Antikythera Mechanism, initially dismissed as shipwreck debris, is now celebrated as an ancient analog computer. Recent studies challenge its function, suggesting it measured a lunar, not solar, year.
Europe
Study suggests Viking Age Denmark and Norway had distinct relationships to violence
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A new study uses skeletal trauma, grave goods, runestones, and infrastructure to argue that Viking Age Denmark and Norway had markedly different relationships to interpersonal violence.