A large temple used by both the Inca and pre-Inca cultures was found at Sacsayhuaman archaeological park near Cuzco, Peru. Part of the building was destroyed 100 years ago by dynamite blasts from rock quarrying. On the Greek island of Rhodes, a heavy rainstorm toppled large stones from the main entrance gate of the medieval […]

A study of mitochondrial DNA from North, Central, and South American Indians suggests that just six women who crossed into North America from Beringia some 20,000 years ago have a surviving legacy.  In Ireland, a woman protesting the construction of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara is reportedly locked to a jack supporting […]