A mysterious flat stone with a geometric pattern of straight lines carved into it may be a previously unknown Roman board game. Thousands of simulations by artificial intelligence of how sliding stone ...

The skull of a Viking-era man who had part of his skull cut out in the world’s oldest surgical procedure has been unearthed. The remains of a man between 17 and 24 revealed a large oval hole in his ...

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Jason Doo, owner of Wusong Tiki Bar, has opened a new restaurant, called Gato Exotico, in Cambridge. The restaurant features a Mesoamerican tropical theme inspired by places like Tulum and Cancun.

A cube-shaped skull that was discovered in Mexico provides rare insight into a 1,400-year-old Mesoamerican civilization’s social practices — which included deliberate deformation. The skull belonged ...

A genetic study of 80 skulls found at a Stone Age city in China has revealed that the sacrificed people were mostly men, in contrast to previous assumptions. When you purchase through links on our ...

These skulls, though, are only the latest in a decades-long trend that, according to United States Patent and Trademark Office records, saw the rate of skulls and skeletons in American logos increase ...

In many regards, Halo: Campaign Evolved is a one-to-one remake of 2001’s Halo: Combat Evolved. But there’s one way in which this latest iteration is shaking things up: According to its developers, the ...

Skulls displayed in public 2,000 years ago were intended as a warning to enemies and a celebration of comrades, a new paper argues. By Franz Lidz Some 2,000 years ago, a macabre ritual was observed in ...

Decorating the sugar skulls is one of the kids’ favorite activities in the household of Mexican cookbook author Yvette Marquez-Sharpnack. Her kids like to draw on them with royal icing, adding their ...

Archaeologists say Neolithic Liangzhu residents shaped human skulls and other bones into everyday tools like bowls, cups, masks, and knives. The dig site dates back roughly 5,000 years and documents ...