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Discovered within the ancient ruins of Pompeii, near modern-day Naples, Italy, this lavishly decorated triclinium, or Roman dining room, offers a rare glimpse into the social rituals…
The Dresden Codex is a bridge of bark and pigment, a fragile survivor from the Postclassic Maya world of the 11th or 12th century CE. As one…
In the lush, river-fed valley of Copán, Honduras, the Maya of the 8th century CE raised stone testaments to their kings and their cosmos. This stela, carved…
Stretching across a stark, volcanic escarpment west of Albuquerque, the Petroglyph National Monument is a vast, open-air library carved in stone. Here, upon the dark basalt boulders…
Towering 200 meters above the emerald-green landscape of Antioquia, Colombia, El Peñón de Guatapé is a geological тιтan. This colossal granite monolith, formed some 70 million years…