From the deserts of Iran came innovations millennia ahead of their time, wind catchers, ice houses, and the world’s first ...

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Ancient Greek doctors invented the renowned Mediterranean diet, as Hippocratic physicians prescribed healthy diets to treat ...

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In the rugged mountains of Lower Austria, more than 700 meters above sea level, lies the Prigglitz-Gasteil site. Nearly 3,000 ...

Dogs were more than just tools, they were companions and symbols in human society. Their importance: over millennia, humans shaped dogs for function, culture, and identity, making the early variation ...

You know that feeling when you’re at a dinner party, and someone starts dropping wine knowledge like they’re ...

For a long time, archaeologists believed that large buildings required large bosses. The idea was simple: only societies with ...

The Bluffton Oyster Company, one of the last remaining hand-shucking oyster houses in South Carolina, connects diners ...

The earliest form of the signature came from ancient Iraq in the form of cylinder seals. Mesopotamians, the ancient inhabitants of the land between the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, are credited for ...

WIPO's new Treaty on Intellectual Property, Genetic Resources and Associated Traditional Knowledge would impose additional ...