Linguists, archaeologists, and codebreakers have all tried to crack the Indus script and failed-what makes it such a complex ...

A bookstore and comics shop in Chestnut Hill has on display a 40-year-old Sun-Man action figure on loan from the Philly Doll ...

Kingdoms are a fascinating thing to study. For most of human history, people gathered around kingdoms to provide protection ...

Historians credit the Olmec civilization of southern Mexico as being the first to roast the fruit from the cacao tree, then grind it down and mix it with water and other ingredients. Mayans and ...