Two ancient North American structures collapsed within just nine days of one another — with one native tribe warning the “bad omen” points to impending doom. The Double Arch, a massive geological ...

Cradling the centuries-old remains of his mummified ancestor, tribe leader Eli Mabel lays bare an ancient tradition that has all but vanished among the Dani people in the Papuan central highlands. The ...

Medieval Christians drawing boundaries around ancient Israelite tribes on Holy Land maps had no idea they were influencing how later mapmakers would depict political power. Those red ink lines, meant ...

Tribes that want the skeleton reburied say they are going to try again within a year to change federal law to repatriate ancient remains, including Kennewick Man's. And a book that details the ...

HistoryMiami museum's Tropical Dreams exhibit features artifacts from and depictions of Florida's ancient indigenous tribes. It does not include the burial remains or funerary artifacts claimed by the ...

The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde are buying back some of the land that was lost to broken treaties and U.S. termination policy. Walking between the battered, old industrial buildings that used ...

Every landscape tells a story. It’s Johnathan Costillas’ job to read it. And by now, it’s a habit. On a drive through Lake County, Costillas finds himself taking note of creeks and rivers. He ...

At the Ohio History Center museum in Columbus, a recently redesigned exhibit details the Hopewell Ceremonial Earthworks and Indigenous cultures in Ohio. At the Ohio History Center museum in Columbus, ...

The first humans to arrive on the Indian subcontinent from Africa about 65,000 years ago left a genetic imprint that can still be found in the tribes of India. Anthropologists have long argued over ...