history
Scientists uncover last meal of ancient ‘iceman’
In this November 2010 photo provided by the South Tyrol Museum of Archaeology, researchers examine the body of a frozen hunter known as Oetzi the…
4000-year-old cremation site unearthed in Australia
Hundreds of years after the barrow was built, someone from the 12th or 13th century came back to this site and dug into it to…
International Museum Day: Endless activities at Indian Museum
The museum has a collection of paintings on Indian ragas but not many people understand its significance. (Photo: Soumyabrata Gupta) The Indian Museum here will…
Eat like an Egyptian: Tasting local flavours, one bite at a time
The birthplace of the Pharaohs has better culinary offerings than one could possible imagine. (All photos, videos, gifs: Alfea Jamal) When you think Egypt, you think…
It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s a prehistoric gliding mammal
A fossil of a gliding mammaliaform Maiopatagium furculiferum, type specimen is shown in this undated handout photo from the Beijing Museum of Natural History. Courtesy…
