These out-of-place artifacts, or OOPArts, are surprising for their place and time — but there's an explanation behind each ...

When Napoleon embarked upon a military expedition into Egypt in 1798, he brought with him a team of scholars, scientists, and artists. Together, they produced the monumental “Description de l’Égypte,” ...

A notice on top of its website says "the well has run dry." The Department of Agriculture has posted a notice on its website warning that Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits ...

Folks who love going to museums are often rewarded with a lifetime of knowledge and an understanding of many cultures.

Criminal distortion of history, fueled by post-truth narratives and state sponsorship, threatens democracy. An academic ...

We know about fossils and rocks, ice cores and seabeds... but it turns out the Earth has been storing data - on climate, ...

There's something about ancient civilizations that fascinates us even thousands of years later. Their architecture, ...

Biking and boating through Greece's southernmost archipelago, the Dodecanese islands, is a perfect active family getaway that ...

This week learn more about a trip to Rome for the FIAT/IFTA World Conference and British stunt performers visiting the BFI National Archive.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

Researchers have discovered the earliest known instance of human-created fire, which took place in the east of England 400,000 years ago. The new discovery, in the village of Barnham, pushes the ...

Makeup is often seen as modern glamour, but its story is ancient — a language of identity, power, protection, and ritual that ...