In 1962, archaeologists uncovered an extraordinary artifact in a tomb near Thessaloniki, Greece—the Derveni Papyrus.

Often called the “world’s oldest religion,” Hinduism dates back over 4,000 years — possibly even further ... where you could help design cultural programmes that promote understanding. Formally known ...

Also the oldest civilisation in the ... Architecturally, they are known for building ziggurats—massive stepped structures that served religious purposes. The Sumerian and Indus Valley ...

Old Pyramid Discovered in Peru, Linked to South America’s Oldest Civilization A hidden treasure of the ancient world had been ...

This is not the case for 74-year-old mom Wisdom, the oldest known wild bird in the world to lay an egg. The egg recently hatched to Wisdom, a Laysan albatross, who resides at the Midway Atoll ...

England’s history is filled with religious turmoil and strife. The Geneva Bible has its origins around the ... Another British library resident, the Codex Sinaticus was once thought to be the oldest ...

Legends portray the First Crusade in the 1150s as imposing Christianity with the sword, forcing the new religion on the pagan Finns ... The ruins at Ravattula, as the oldest known site of its kind in ...

A newly discovered fossil in Antarctica, estimated to be 68 million years old, reveals the oldest known modern bird, Vegavis iaai. This duck-sized bird had a mixture of modern and ancient features ...

The oldest known mathematical object is the Ishango Bone ... There are also various forms of visual art, including painting, sculpture, architecture, photography, and other artistic expressions.

Credit: Mark Witton, 2025. Cretaceous fossils of early bird lineages are rare but important for understanding ecological shifts in bird evolution. One of the oldest known crown birds is Vegavis Iaai, ...