Precious condiment and essential to life, salt is a symbol that can signify just as much a curse as a means of protection, ...

In July of 1943, British bombers raided Hamburg, Germany, during the night. Here is what happened. Xi Jinping Breaks Silence on US Tariff War La Niña is dead. Here’s what to expect in the ...

Most modern structures are built to last 50 years or so, but ingenious ancient engineering has kept this watery city afloat for more than 1,600 years – using only wood. As any local knows ...

Archaeologists uncover an ancient burial site with Egyptian, Greek, and Roman graves at Tell Ruwad Iskandar, Egypt. Credit: Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient ...

During a visit to the ancient ruins of Pompeii, the 47-year-old became separated from his friend. His family launched a desperate search and were immensely relieved when they received word that Robert ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora, Athens, Greece. Credit: public domain from Wikimedia Commons. Greek civilization has existed for over 3,000 to 4,000 years and continues to ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos. The burial is located about 23 feet (7 meters) underground and contains a limestone burial chamber covered with mudbrick vaults ...

Although experts have analyzed the carving, it's possible that its origins could rest in the ancient Bronze Age or even Turkish cultures dated to the medieval period. The land known today as ...

And that, too, tells us something deep about urban life. In the arc from Genesis to Revelation, the Bible is the only ancient account of archetypal history that begins in a garden and ends in a city.

Today’s column comes straight out of ancient times. This is wrath-of-God stuff. We are talking “Fire and brimstone, baby, right out of the Old Testament cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. All of Norris’s ...

The first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 ...