New translations of novels by Alejo Carpentier portray the twin temptations of nostalgic renunciation and revolutionary ...

Studying the mystics can help us learn to mine the depths of ourselves and learn how to discern what we trust within ...

Armed with new tools, scholars are finally able to read papyrus scrolls long deemed too fragile to open. The breakthrough ...

A richly illustrated account of how premodern botanical illustrations document evolving knowledge about plants and the ways ...

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Latter-day Saints believe that Joseph Smith received engraved gold plates through divine means and translated the ancient book of scripture “by the gift and power of God.” Other editions of the Book ...

The smaller geoglyphs were along ancient winding trails likely made throughout the desert by Nazca people viewing the symbols in small groups, according to the study. The bigger Nazca symbols were ...

“The fossil pollen, spores, and wood presented in this study paint a much different picture of the ancient environment, providing direct evidence of the presence of cool, wet forests.

The Phaistos disk from circa 1700 B.C. The signs were not engraved using a stylus but rather pressed onto the wet clay using molds or seals in a kind of ancient typesetting. One of the great ...