In research published last week, researchers digitally compiled 118 different lithic points from the Patagonia region of South America. All samples date back to the Late Holocene period and — the researchers posit — were made using other arrows, spears, and points.
How does a delicately chiselled sculpture of what appears to be the Buddhist god Vaisravana made from meteorite rock impact Nazi beliefs about Aryan history and ethnicity
The looting of the Baghdad Museum in 2003 during the invasion of Iraq is an example the consequences of war on national heritage. Almost a decade on, the civil war in Syria has seen history repeating itself as new reports emerge of damage to archaeological sites and museums almost daily.
Remember the heady days of 2002 when all you had was a 56k modem which took 30 seconds to download a picture and fifteen minutes to download an mp3? Remember how everyone used Internet Explorer and the mobile internet was awful on a tiny screen? A lot has changed on the web in the last decade.