Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Trump administration is opening a national marine monument to commercial fishing, it announced Thursday. The White House issued an executive order that allows for commercial fishing within the ...

What if the Washington Commanders franchise never traded up to get quarterback Robert Griffin III (RGIII) in the 2012 NFL Draft? That is the question posed by Sports Illustrated's Gilberto Manzano ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico’s Congressional delegation is urging the trump administration to protect the state’s national monuments. Led by Senator Martin Heinrich, the Democratic ...

Three monuments — Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks, Rio Grande del Norte and Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks — are reportedly on the chopping block, according to the letter, facing either reductions in ...

Just last month, archaeologists unearthed the tomb of Pharaoh Thutmose II - the first pharaonic burial site found since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. Discovered by a joint British-Egyptian team led by ...

The monument is home to a swath of endangered species and is also a sacred ancestral waterway for Indigenous Pacific Islanders, according to the Pacific Islands Heritage Coalition. “ ...

RICHMOND, Va. — Easter on Parade returned to Monument Avenue to celebrate its 50th anniversary on Sunday. The popular event brings thousands to Monument Avenue for live music, vendors ...

In a special initiative to celebrate World Heritage Day, the Ministry of Culture has announced that no entry fee will be charged at monuments protected by the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI ...

A royal necropolis—from the Greek words for "city of the dead"—was established near Abydos in about 1839 B.C. with the burial there of the powerful 12th dynasty pharaoh Senusret III.