Two thousand years ago a mysterious and little known civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people were called the Moche. They built huge and bizarre pyramids that still dominate the surrounding countryside.
Two thousand years ago a mysterious and little known civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people were called the Moche. They built huge and bizarre pyramids that still dominate the surrounding countryside.
But what did it mean? The first breakthrough came when archaeologist Dr. Steve Bourget discovered a collection of bones at one of the most important Moche huacas.
There was only one problem. In the late 1990s archaeologist Dr. Tom Dillehay revisited some of the more obscure Moche sites and found that the dates didn't match with the climate catastrophe explanation.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the apex of the American Civil Rights movement with 200,000 to 500,000 people gathered from all over the country on August 28, 1963.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the apex of the American Civil Rights movement with 200,000 to 500,000 people gathered from all over the country on August 28, 1963.
The March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom was the apex of the American Civil Rights movement with 200,000 to 500,000 people gathered from all over the country on August 28, 1963.
The Beatles took a stand for civil rights when they refused to perform at a segregated concert in Jacksonville, Florida. Officials relented and allowed the venue to be integrated.
The Beatles took a stand for civil rights when they refused to perform at a segregated concert in Jacksonville, Florida. Officials relented and allowed the venue to be integrated.
Originally, the paperbacks were intended for railroad travelers; however, during the Civil War, soldiers quickly became the most avid dime novel readers.
Moche villages and/or clan groups turned on each other in a battle for scarce resources like food and land. This escalated to the point where the Moche replaced ritual battles and human sacrifices with civil war.
The sacrifices were about making an unpredictable world more predictable. A harsh environment had moulded a harsh civilization with an elaborate set of rituals designed to ensure its survival.
Gradually they destroyed their own civilization, but today, after 1,500 years, the Moche and their legacy are beginning to take their place in world history.
As archaeologists have excavated at Moche sites they've unearthed some of the most fabulous pottery and jewelry ever to emerge from an ancient civilization.
Two thousand years ago a mysterious and little known civilization ruled the northern coast of Peru. Its people were called the Moche. They built huge and bizarre pyramids that still dominate the surrounding countryside.
Science fiction films have numerous themes, including space and time travel, aliens, extrasensory perception, robots, cyborgs and future civilizations.
A heartwarming story of four sisters - Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth - and of the courage, humor, and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
The slow but sure force with which tree roots crush and overcome concrete (and sometimes even steel) inspires visions of a natural reclamation of the civilized world, their serpentine forms resembling rivers and lightning.
A heartwarming story of four sisters - Jo, Meg, Amy, Beth - and of the courage, humor, and ingenuity they display to survive poverty and the absence of their father during the Civil War.
Many pieces of art and architecture survived World War II thanks to the Monuments Men, a courageous team of Allied civilians and soldiers working to protect cultural heritage, and recover art looted by the Nazis.
Many pieces of art and architecture survived World War II thanks to the Monuments Men, a courageous team of Allied civilians and soldiers working to protect cultural heritage, and recover art looted by the Nazis.
Many pieces of art and architecture survived World War II thanks to the Monuments Men, a courageous team of Allied civilians and soldiers working to protect cultural heritage, and recover art looted by the Nazis.
Over 800,000 civilian federal workers would be affected by a possible government shutdown, furloughed until Congress approved a budget for the fiscal year.
Over 800,000 civilian federal workers would be affected by a possible government shutdown, furloughed until Congress approved a budget for the fiscal year.
Pride and Prejudice features splendidly civilized sparring between the proud Mr. Darcy and the prejudiced Elizabeth Bennet as they play out their spirited courtship in a series of eighteenth-century drawing-room intrigues.
They are being very civil about it. Stating that infidelity wasn't an issue, the source added, "The big problem with their relationship is the distance."
Pol Pot was fixated on "restarting civilization" in Cambodia. Forced labor, poor medical care and executions resulted in the deaths of around 21% of the Cambodian population.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), a civilian agency of the US government, provides national security intelligence and engages in covert activities at the request of the President.
This wonder megalith was discovered by a straying sports diver. Soon other ancient specimens were found, likely dating earlier than the start of the Egyptian civilization.
John Galt, one of the heroes of Ayn Rand's apocalyptic novel Atlas Shrugged, leads a strike by the men of the mind, forcing civilisation to collapse into anarchy.