Daoism approaches the world not from the perspective that the world is broken or needs to be saved, but rather that it is ...

The child not embraced by the village will burn it down to feel its warmth.”- African proverbThere’s a raw, unsettling beauty ...

Intrigue, whining, and negotiations—all these and more can be found in one of the greatest troves of ancient diplomatic ...

They instinctively rank global civilisations as superior or inferior, and automatically assume all cross-cultural exchange constitutes a zero-sum competition where one civilization’s progress must ...

This summer’s mix includes some sci-fi and fantasy deep cuts, a Native botanist’s meditation on honoring nature, a mycologist’s celebration of fungi, novels set around the world, a memoir from ...

Every ancient civilization understood that humanity is never separate from creation. The Earth is not an object to conquer ...

Join us in celebrating the life and legacy of Abdullah Ibrahim, the legendary South African jazz pianist whose music ...

African proverb of the day offers a striking reminder that extraordinary lives are rarely built from safe choices. Instead, ...

Researchers have identified a previously unknown fossil ape from Egypt that could alter long-held ideas about the origins of ...

Triptolemus, seated beside Kore and Demeter symbolizes Greece’s sacred role in spreading agriculture to the world. Credit: Aberdeen Painter,Public Domain The hero Triptolemus is central to a myth that ...

I was maybe eight or nine years old when Abdullah Ibrahim played in our living room. I cannot tell you everything about that afternoon, but I can tell you what it felt like. Family and friends had ...

This is an extract from Our Human Story, our newsletter about the revolution in archaeology. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every month. The great out-of-Africa migration is one of the canonical ...