A reconstruction drawing of villagers at Skara Brae. Skara Brae was the home of a Neolithic farming community. The people who lived here were able to grow some crops. They kept cows, sheep and pigs.

One ordinary day in the spring of 2003, Carole Hoey was washing dishes at the kitchen sink when a sound, or rather a sudden ...

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BANGKOK -- An airstrike by Myanmar’s army on a village under the control of an armed ethnic minority group killed about 40 people and injured at least 20 others, officials of the group and a ...

If you need proof of the enduring popularity of tiny homes, just look at Skara Brae, part of a wider UNESCO World Heritage Site. First built over 5,000 years ago, the prehistoric village is on the ...

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Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This handout photo provided by the Arakan Army shows people looking at flames rising after an airstrike by ...