Related topics:HistoryTravelArchaeologyPeople and CultureMore HistoryMeet the woman who helped save Egypt's temples from certain doomEgyptAncient EgyptArchaeologistsArchaeologyArtefactsDamsFloodsTemplesWomenMoreHistory'100-year find’: Enormous Viking ship holds surprising clues on burial ritualsNorwayBurial CustomsVikingsMoreEnvironment and ConservationSee the heavens the way ancient Britons did at this dark sky parkUnited KingdomPeople and CulturePhotographyAmateur AstronomyLegendsAstrophysicsHikingBronze AgeTourismCultural TourismDark Sky ParksTraditionsFolk ReligionLiving HistoryMythologyNight PhotographyNight Sky PhotographyPrehistoric CulturesStone AgeWalkingWalking ToursMoreHistoryChina’s beloved drunken poet died centuries ago—or did he?Out of Eden WalkAncient CivilisationsAncient ChinaAncient HistoryAuthorsBackpackingWalkingMoreHistoryHow cosmic rays helped find a tunnel in Egypt's Great PyramidPhysicsAncient EgyptArchaeologyPyramidsMoreHistoryWho were the first people to ride horses? Ancient skeletons reveal new cluesAncient CivilisationsArchaeologyHorseMoreHistory3,200-year-old trees reveal the collapse of an ancient empireTurkeyArchaeologyBronze AgeDating MethodMoreHistory0:01Our need to survive gave birth to the practice of bartering27 January 2023Ancient HistoryMoneyMoreHistorySearching for traces of the ancient Chola dynastyIndiaTravelAncient CivilisationsAncient HistoryArchitectureToursCultural ConservationCultural TourismEducational TravelHistoric PreservationHistoric SitesSculptureTemplesWalking ToursUNESCO World Heritage SitesMoreHistoryVikings in North America? Here's what we really knowNewfoundland and LabradorNorth AmericaIndigenous PeoplesTravelNative AmericansBoatsVikingsBattleshipsMoreHistoryHow was Rome founded? Not in a day, and not by twins.ReligionAncient CivilisationsAncient HistoryAncient GreeceAncient RomeChristianityCitiesMoreHistorySoldiers stumbled upon a 2,400-year-old tomb on the battlefields of WWIIHistoryFacts vs. fiction: How the real Vikings compared to the brutal warriors of loreHistoryThese 5 cities vanished without a trace. We're finally learning their stories.HistoryHow did Jesus' parents become a couple? Here’s what biblical scholars say.Photo GalleryHistoryHow did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style. TurkeyAncient CivilisationsBurial CustomsMoreHistoryHow did this royal tomb become an ancient wonder? Size and style.TurkeyAncient CivilisationsAncient HistoryArchitectureTombsWonders of the WorldRoyaltyMoreHistoryThe world’s oldest map of the night sky was amazingly accurateAstronomyAncient CivilisationsAncient GreeceStarsMoreHistoryChristianity struggled to grow—until this skeptic became a believerJesusReligionAncient RomeBibleChristianityMore