A hilltop site in Milan, Ohio, located on a bluff overlooking the Huron River, was likely a prehistoric ceremonial site for "Early Woodland" people 2,300 years ago. (Brian Redmond, Cleveland Museum of ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a colossal Maya cosmogram at Aguada Fenix, which serves as a 3,000-year-old map of the universe etched directly into bedrock. This discovery, at the largest ancient Maya ...

In Australian Aboriginal cultures, the night sky is a book full of ancient stories illustrated with constellations unfamiliar to most North Americans. And for Aborigines, the figures represented by ...

Benjamin holds a Master's degree in anthropology from University College London and has previously worked in the fields of psychedelic neuroscience and mental health. Benjamin holds a Master's degree ...

Ancient cosmology relied on a blend of fuzzy science and superstition. That all began to change when Copernicus came along, but for a long while, it was a mysterious universe ...

IN THE beginning, there was light. Then, perhaps, a point of darkness. More dark spots appeared, the light circling them before falling in like water down a drain. These would have been our universe’s ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A curious prehistoric site on a hilltop in northern Ohio may reflect the spiritual cosmology of ...