While the distance of 140 miles isn’t mighty when compared to some of the voyages the Polynesians are known to have made, it ...

Long-standing questions about the migration of early modern humans in East Asia may finally be answered, thanks to a rare and ...

A small, old castle was found in the mountains of Hyogo Prefecture in March. Researchers found the castle using artificial ...

Far beneath the ocean's surface, where mountain belts rise and ancient oceanic crust lies hidden, a long-lost tectonic plate ...

The successfully re-enacted voyage suggests that early modern humans likely had a high level of strategic seafaring knowledge ...

Japanese researchers turned to “experimental archaeology” to study how ancient humans navigated powerful ocean currents and migrated offshore.

Experiments and simulations show Paleolithic paddlers could outwit the powerful Kuroshio Current by launching dugout canoes from northern Taiwan and steering southeast toward Okinawa. A modern crew ...

By combining knowledge gleaned from smaller excavations and the large map, they traced the early history of Maya settlement in the region.

The map was bought by a Japanese tycoon from an antique store in the 1930s. However, its historical significance was not widely known during its decades in Japan. Lin said it's a pity that one-fourth ...

In his new memoir Things Become Other Things, photographer and essayist Craig Mod contemplates the power of a long walk to see a place—and ourselves—anew.

Japan's Kii Peninsula is home to dozens of pilgrimage routes, a group of which form the famous Kumano Kodō trail network. On this walk, I’m sticking to the coast as much as possible. (None of this ...

The Sake Master Who Bucks Ancient Tradition—in America The ancient Japanese art of brewing a fragrant alcoholic drink from rice is being reinterpreted by Atsuo Sakurai in an unlikely setting ...