From Unesco listings and new museums to reviving and preserving old sites, the region's people are writing their own story ...

Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd in Antarctica - the polar explorer whose classified 1947 diary described impossible temperate valleys, disc-shaped aircraft, and warnings from mysterious humanoid figures.

A 4,500-year-old burial in Middle Egypt has reshaped what scientists know about ancient Egyptian origins. Inside a sealed ...

Cats were domesticated in North Africa, but spread to Europe only about 2,000 years ago. Earlier reports of “house” cats were ...

Tucked away in Northern California’s Redwood National and State Parks near the humble town of Orick, this 10-mile stretch of asphalt delivers the kind of jaw-dropping, soul-stirring experience that ...

These genomes are the oldest yet found of modern humans in Europe, though they were not the first hominids to walk these ...

From an ancient Egyptian hoax to a mysterious disappearances and Cold War history, here are 10 bizarre facts you probably ...

In a study published today in the journal PNAS, researchers investigated over 1,000 human remains from the Nile River Valley, ...

While the 21st century has been bumpy, it has also ushered in monumental scientific and technological breakthroughs that have ...

New DNA evidence reveals that the cats of ancient China were not what they seemed.

A new study may bring scientists one step closer to uncovering the mysterious origin of the famous vessel known as the ...

7,000-year-old DNA from Sahara skeletons reveals a mysterious lineage with no connection to any modern populations.