The grave looked, at first, like a familiar Viking Age burial: a woman laid to rest with care, surrounded by objects meant to speak for her in death. Then archaeologists brushed away the soil around ...

Around the deep-sea vents off the southern coast of Japan, a small, “glass”-like creature was discovered. Getty Images/iStockphoto Off the coast of Japan, thousands of feet below the surface, the ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This shell pendant was made by Ruth ...

Source: “Bay Scallops” by Florida Fish and Wildlife, CC BY-ND 2.0 The first time I saw a scallop swim, I was 80 feet underwater, descending through the cold green murk toward a sunken freighter called ...

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