Priestess, Poet, Politician

4,000 years ago, the world’s first author composed verses that helped forge the Akkadian Empire

Mexico’s Butterfly Warriors

The annual monarch migration may have been a sacred event for the people of Mesoamerica

A Tale of Two Abbeys

How entrepreneurial monks shaped the landscape of medieval England

Bronze Age Urban Experiment

Archaeologists debate who ruled the cities of the ancient Indus Valley

Magical Mystery Door

An investigation of an Egyptian sacred portal reveals a history of renovation and deception