When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a colossal Maya cosmogram at Aguada Fenix, which serves as a 3,000-year-old map of the universe etched directly into bedrock. This discovery, at the largest ancient Maya ...

In Australian Aboriginal cultures, the night sky is a book full of ancient stories illustrated with constellations unfamiliar to most North Americans. And for Aborigines, the figures represented by ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Ancient cosmology relied on a blend of fuzzy science and superstition. That all began to change when Copernicus came along, but for a long while, it was a mysterious universe ...

IN THE beginning, there was light. Then, perhaps, a point of darkness. More dark spots appeared, the light circling them before falling in like water down a drain. These would have been our universe’s ...

Today it is not uncommon to see music, contemporary art and digital technology join forces to present immersive, arresting exhibitions for visitors to discover art anew. Matrix of Jiugong, an ...

A hilltop site in Milan, Ohio, located on a bluff overlooking the Huron River, was likely a prehistoric ceremonial site for "Early Woodland" people 2,300 years ago. (Brian Redmond, Cleveland Museum of ...