ancient civilizations

Top Tweets
Books on an outdoor bookshelf shaped like a house, with trees in background.
Silhouette of a person on a hill in front of a setting sun.
a scale with the words Truth/Facts and fake news on it
A ship near an iceberg.
Newsletter
atacama mummies climate impacts

Can the world's oldest mummies survive climate change and other threats in the coming decades?

Mummies buried in the Atacama desert of Chile nearly 7,000 years ago might seem like the ultimate survivors—after all, they’re nearly 2,000 years older than some of the oldest Egyptian mummies. But the rare archaeological treasures are now an endangered species for reasons beyond their advanced age.

Ancient Amazon farmers burned the forest too, but today's fires are very different

Ancient Amazon farmers burned the forest too, but today's fires are very different

Parts of the Amazon are more prone to fire today because farmers thousands of years ago regularly set the undercarriage alight.
ORIGINAL REPORTING
MOST POPULAR
CLIMATE