Sunday, July 19, 2026

History Highlights

Satellite image of L'Anse aux Meadows on the northern tip of Newfoundland

Norse Explorers Reached Canada 500 Years Before Columbus

L’Anse aux Meadows in Newfoundland is the only confirmed Norse site in the Americas, dated precisely to the year 1021 CE.

Aerial view of the Great Serpent Mound effigy earthwork in Ohio

Nobody Agrees Who Built Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound

Ohio’s Great Serpent Mound winds for a quarter mile atop an ancient impact crater, and archaeologists still debate who built it and why.

Mound A, the large bird-shaped earthen mound at Poverty Point, Louisiana

Hunter-Gatherers Moved 750,000 Cubic Meters of Earth at Poverty Point

Poverty Point in Louisiana shows hunter-gatherers built massive earthworks and traded across a continent, thousands of years before farming arrived.

The remote Inca ruins of Choquequirao high in the Peruvian Andes

Two-Thirds of Choquequirao Is Still Buried in the Jungle

Choquequirao, Machu Picchu’s remote sister site, hides llama-shaped terraces and ruins that only a demanding two-day trek can reach.

The hummingbird geoglyph among the ancient Nazca Lines in Peru

The Nazca Lines Were Drawn for an Audience That Never Flew

The Nazca people carved hundreds of massive desert drawings meant to be seen from above, centuries before anyone could have flown over them.