The growth of a pre-Inca civilization known as the Wari may have been aided by psychedelic-laced beer, researchers propose in a new study. The Wari flourished from roughly A.D. 600 to 1000 and are ...

This gilt-copper nose ornament, discovered at the archaeological site of Loma Negra in northern Peru, depicts the important ...

Pioneer American anthropologist Henry Lewis Morgan (1818-1881) wrote that societies developed (or evolved) through three distinct stages: savagery, barbarism and civilization. Cambridge University ...

The Inca empire is renowned for its architecture; its buildings were intricately designed and extraordinarily durable. But this summer, it was another aspect of Inca construction that captured the ...

Keri: Although human sacrifice has been prohibited, certain rituals continue to be performed in Goa to express gratitude for past sacrifices made to appease village deities.From Pernem to Canacona, ...

In a recent study by Dr. Sawada and his colleagues published in Scientific Reports, 183 human bones were surveyed, of which 52 were found to be worked human bones, all of which belong to the Neolithic ...

"Contains the results of the 1979 Dumbarton Oaks conference"--Pref. NMAI copy 39088012457735 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries, Gift from the Library ...

Sambhal authorities demolished a mosque and a 30,000-sq-ft marriage hall, allegedly built illegally on government pond land. These decade-old structures were declared encroachments after a recent ...

British writer Stuart Jeffries follows his last two books, cultural histories of the Frankfurt School and postmodernism, with one that malicious tongues might, however unfairly, view as a natural ...

Brendan Mac Evilly’s Deep Burn opens with catastrophe in the life of its heroine, Martha Knox. In her late thirties, she is abruptly abandoned by her husband, and the promise of a comfortable ...