The Ma’nene Ceremony
In the Tana Torajan Tribal culture on the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia, death is not the end for some, but part of a journey that is shared with direct family members.
York – A true American hero of the Lewis and Clark expedition
Following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States from the French First Republic in 1803, President Thomas Jefferson commissioned an expedition westward to the Pacific Ocean to map the new territory.
The food of the Vikings
The Vikings, or Norsemen were a seafaring people originally from Scandinavia (present-day Denmark, Norway and Sweden), who from the late 8th to the 11th century AD, raided, traded and settled throughout parts of Europe, in a period that became known as the Viking Age.
The Art of Mummification
The art of (deliberate) mummification is a long, labor-intensive process, performed by many cultures from across the ancient world.
The Halifax Explosion
Halifax Nova Scotia, on Canada’s Atlantic coast, was a bustling harbour city during the Great War.
Who were the Neanderthals and Denisovans?
Neanderthals (Homo neanderthalensis) first roamed Europe and Western Asia nearly 430,000 years ago, until their disappearance around 40,000 years ago, only 5,000 years after the arrival of Homo sapiens (early modern humans).
