The large peninsula we now call Alaska was first visited by human explorers more than twelve thousand years ago. These ancestors of modern-day Alaska Natives traveled eastward from Siberia on the ...

Satellite images have led archaeologists to a new excavation site in Canada, yielding more clues to Norse settlements in North America. 5 min read This story appears in the November/December 2016 ...

At the end of the 16th century, Spain and Portugal dominated the South American continent and parts of the Caribbean. They had also gotten a foothold in Central America and the southern portions ...