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Elizabeth Svoboda

As we try to reengage with a changed world, a slew of fresh obstacles will force us to adapt our old habits and create new ones.

How to Navigate a World Reopening During the COVID-19 Pandemic

The British Royal Regalia - Crown Jewels (Image Credit: Lwsi Cox/Shutterstock) 

The British Royal Regalia - Crown Jewels

What is the British Royal Regalia? Learn more about the British Crown Jewels and how they are replaced medieval renditions after anti-monarchists destroyed them. 

More than 100 Items in the British Royal Regalia Symbolize Power and Tradition Through the Ages

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Older than Stonehenge and the Pyramids of Giza, Newgrange is believed to have been built by a farming community that prospered in the Boyne Valley, County Meath, some 5,000 years ago. (Image Credit: Tjp Finn) 


Newgrange

Discover more about Newgrange and the people who were buried there. And what those people can tell us about the elites of Neolithic Ireland. 

Neolithic Ireland Was Likely Not Ruled by Incestuous God-Kings

Following questionable leadership orders

For soldiers and civilians alike, "just following orders" may override our moral compass.

What Happens in Our Brain When We're Given Questionable Orders?

New radiocarbon dates from the Bronze Age Tiszafüred-Majoroshalom site (Eastern Hungary). Radiocarbon. 2025;67(2):428–40. (Image Credit: Kovács 1995, Abb. 1/A, 2-3 és Dani János et al. 2025)

Bronze Age Tiszafüred Majoroshalom site

Learn about a new study that uses cemetery remains to reveal a surprising shift in the eating and migratory habits of early Central Europeans.

3,500-Year-Old Teeth Identify Turning Point in Bronze Age History of Central Europe

Excavation of the stone platform with the chimney. (Image Credit: Tal Rogovski)

Mongolian wall

Learn more about the Mongolian Arc, a section of medieval wall that is changing how we understand the ancient populations of Eurasia.

Mongolian Wall Excavation Reveals Medieval Artifacts, Tools, and Even a Human Body