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The Ancient Pazyryk culture's frozen tombs, preserved mummies, tattoos, and artifacts reshape views on nomadic life.

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From an early age, Nilay Kumar Biswas felt an irresistible pull toward the world beyond his doorstep ̵ its history, its ...

Nematodes discovered in the Great Salt Lake belong to at least one species that is new to science, and possibly two. A ...

Gyatso Bista remembers the sacks of kutki. As a child learning to become a healer in Nepal’s kingdom of Lo Manthang, Bista ...

From anti-colonial uprisings in India to erotic poetry festivals in ancient Gaza, drug-dealing English merchants in China, ...

From a riverboat adventure in Amazonia to an ancient Welsh castle (via pickpockets in Barcelona and a chewy beef tartare . . ...

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