The team suspected that “these birds were wild-caught in the rainforest, transported alive across the Andes, and kept in ...

New research suggests seabird guano helped transform the Chincha Kingdom into one of the most prosperous societies in ancient Peru. Chemical clues in centuries-old maize show farmers fertilized their ...

Some of the world’s most enduring mysteries hail from the realm of ancient technology. From the towering pyramids of Egypt to the intricate Antikythera mechanism, these remarkable feats of engineering ...