Want to climb Mount Everest? Nepal may first ask climbers to climb 7000m peak
Nepal has issued 492 Everest climbing permits this season, with concerns about inexperienced climbers and waste again at the center of debate Nepali lawmakers have proposed that climbers seeking permission to climb Mount Everest should first summit at…
Nabta Playa: Forgotten 7,000-year-old desert monument older than Stonehenge and possibly the world’s first astronomical site | World News
Long before Stonehenge became one of the world’s most famous prehistoric monuments, a group of people living on the edge of the Sahara Desert were observing the movement of the sky. In a landscape that is now one of the driest places on earth, they…
Archaeologists discover 7,000-year-old fish trap, rewriting story of life before farming in Scandinavia World News
Long before growing crops or raising livestock, people living in what is now southern Norway were making lasting changes to the natural world around them. High in the mountains, where lakes are beyond the range of natural migratory fish, communities…