Humans have been getting ink for at least 5,200 years. Here are some of the most intriguing ancient tattoos, from cultic symbols to complex horse motifs.

The ancient and mysterious Nazca Lines in the Nazca Desert, on March 9, 2005 in Nazca, Peru. The lines and geoglyphs of the UNESCO World Heritage Site at Nazca, shaped as stylised animals and ...

The sacred yellow serpents of Asclepius, the porieas, symbolized healing, renewal, divine power in ancient Greek medical and ...

Ancient Origins of Writing Traced to Mysterious 6,000-Year-Old Symbols Comparison of the 'fringed cloth' motif and proto-cuneiform signs. ( Kelley et al., Antiquity , 2024 ) ...

Crocodiles have lived in the Nile River for thousands of years. In ancient Egyptian religion, crocodiles were worshipped and often sacrificed to the crocodile god Sobek as part of a bizarre cult.

Artemis is generally known as the ancient Greek goddess of hunting; however, she was a deity with various cults associated ...

Other Egyptian cults and Ancient Mayans also used Nimphaea nouchali var. Caerulea for psychedelic purposes. Researchers also detected cow DNA, and speculate the vases may have contained a ...

Attempting to understand this process can lead to new revelations about ancient civilizations that can help us better understand the spatial flow of material culture today. These revelations would ...

Artificial intelligence can help solve history’s great mysteries including uncovering Peruvian geoglyphs etched into the Nazca desert that date back to between 500 BC and 500 AD.