The deep pre-Inca roots of the Sacred Valley, from the cities of Wari to ancient trade routes, shaped Peru long before the rise of the Incas.

Let me make it clear: a one-time interlocutor can be found in any of the above places, we will talk about cases when you need if not a friend, then at least just an acquaintance with whom you will communicate regularly.

Excavations have shown that Tarais was not just a forgotten settlement, but a significant religious and economic center of the Byzantine Empire, whose history was almost lost until recently.

Nowadays, a large family is very rare; usually there are one or two children in a family. In the Middle Ages, having many children was the norm, some women even gave birth 20 times - but not all children survived due to lack of medicines and normal medicine, dirt, lack of healthy food and clean water.

The growth of indigenous languages in Latino immigrant communities in the U.S. is just beginning to be fully explored - and this has important implications for the communities themselves and their needs.

By the end of this century, some estimates suggest that 1,500 languages - nearly a quarter of the world's languages - could disappear, but some may find it obscene - even to ask whether English will soon be considered "dead."

The ship is believed to have been wrecked some 500-600 years ago at a time when the territory of the modern capital of Catalonia was partially under water.

A new study sheds light on bloody fights between humans and wild animals. A human skeleton found in an ancient Roman necropolis near modern-day York bears the bite marks of a lion.

Modeling of the Earth's atmosphere and magnetic field 41,000 years ago suggests how Homo sapiens' strategy for dealing with the sun helped them survive as a species.

White Sands Missile Range is home to the world's largest collection of Ice Age footprints.

Having learned to live with its bear neighbors, the mountain village of Pettorano sul Gizio is attracting tourists and new residents, bucking the trend of declining agriculture.

The recent find has huge potential to change perceptions of British history and life in the British Isles over two thousand years ago.