Remains from “skull cult” discovered at world’s oldest stone monuments

German Archaeological Institute The monumental rock pillars of Göbekli Tepe date back over 11,000 years, and tower over a small hill in Turkey. Excavated just a couple of decades ago, these mysterious structures are part of the world’s oldest known monumental religious complex. Each pillar is covered in hundreds of images, including carvings of humans […]

‘Neither conscience nor reason’: Russian MP blasts Polish bill targeting Red Army monuments

Published time: 22 Jun, 2017 13:41 The deputy speaker of the State Duma called a recent Polish bill ordering the destruction of Red Army monuments in Poland “a crime against their own nation,” and a treacherous move aimed against those who liberated Europe from the Nazis. Read more “It looks like Polish Sejm deputies have […]

Trump’s bid for public input on national monuments may be a sham

Bureau of Land Management/Flickr In late April, field biologist Stanley Smith was catching up on emails at his desk in the College of Sciences at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, when he noticed a shocking note. It came from the Bureau of Land Management, an agency within the Department of the Interior, and informed Smith […]

New Orleans is starting to remove prominent Confederate statues and monuments

REUTERS/Jonathan Bachman Workers in New Orleans began removing the first of four prominent Confederate monuments early Monday, the latest Southern institution to sever itself from symbols viewed by many as a representation racism and white supremacy. Trucks arrived to begin removing the first memorial, one that commemorates whites who tried to topple a biracial post-Civil […]