They can be cold and ominous, and can feel like you're exploring an entirely different world or some far-off planet. While ...

Many claim that ancient Egypt began with a mysterious era called “Zep Tepi” — the First Time. But how much of it is based on ...

This magnificent overlook sits within the Ruffner Mountain Nature Preserve, a sprawling natural sanctuary that serves as Birmingham’s green lung. The preserve itself is a minor miracle—over 1,000 ...

Visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Italian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Antonio Tajani meet the press in Rome, Italy, on Wednesday.

AI breathes life into a 3,000-year-old Babylonian text, reconnecting the modern world with the forgotten voice of an ancient civilization.

Here are some long hidden artifacts—from King Tut's treasures to underwater antiquities—getting their debut at the Grand ...

When Xu Dongdong's Beijing exhibition opened on Saturday, people in the city had already embraced the seasonal changes that ...

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

Family trips don’t have to be about waiting in lines or visiting the same old landmarks. Around the world, there are places ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

From impossible stonework to precision cuts we still can’t explain, the evidence for advanced ancient tech is stacking up.

What if everything we’ve been taught about the dawn of civilization is a lie—or at least a half-truth? Picture this: more than 10,000 years ago, while the last Ice Age glaciers retreated, a ...