In a recent study published in the Cambridge Archaeological Journal, Dr. Bernardo Arriaza argues that the practice of ...

The Chinchorro people, who inhabited the coastal regions of what is now northern Chile and southern Peru beginning around 7000 BC, developed the earliest known artificial mummification techniques - ...

The Chinchorro began mummifying their dead well before the Egyptians immortalized the practice. However, the Chinchorro ...

The Chinchorro people of the Pacific coast turned the raw pain of loss into something enduring and visible, reshaping the ...

New Year in Russia is not just a calendar date, but a complex, multifaceted cultural phenomenon. It incorporates the ...

Sidney Kibrick, who portrayed the bad boy known as “Woim” in Our Gang comedy film shorts in the 1930s, has died. He was 97.

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Psychologists have identified several different models and areas of distress affecting adult replacement children.

What exactly wafts out from those ancient sarcophagi? Is it the musty scent of dust, the sharp edge of decay — or something far more surprising? In ancient Egypt, scent played a crucial role in ...

Michele Keller first tried to bring Ariana into her family a decade ago, when the child was 3 months old. She was told then it would never happen, due to her relationship with Ariana’s biological ...

Niral Shah does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

What has changed is the source material. For young people growing up in a digital world, quotable moments don’t come from films or TV but from TikTok edits, Roblox streams, speedrun memes, Minecraft ...