A mother and her son, who were holiday-makers, have died in flash floods that hit an ancient city, as hundreds were evacuated as rains hit. A mother and son tourist pair have died in flash floods that ...

An artifact from Iowa State University, linked to George Washington Carver's rediscovery of Egyptian blue, was displayed at ...

One of the biggest highlights is the Space Shuttle Enterprise, an early NASA orbiter that paved the way for space exploration ...

Endemic to China's Yangtze River, the Yangtze finless porpoise is known for its intelligence and charismatic appearance; it ...

The Yangtze porpoise (Neophocaena asiaeorientalis) used to be a common sighting in the Yangtze River. Boaters would watch ...

As an American retiree who has lived in about 50 countries with my wife, I think some of the best countries to live in ...

The Ancient Greek mosaics of Zeugma in Turkey are a true archaeological treasure that can be admired at the Zeugma Mosaic Museum, in Gaziantep ...

Hellanicus of Lesbos, born c. 480 BC in Greece, was one of the earliest, most prolific Greek logographers of the 5th century ...

A legal case has opened in Britain over the felling of a much-loved, ancient tree named the 'Sycamore Gap.' Some Britons are struggling to get over its demise.

The folklore of the prophecy of St. Malachy says that Pope Francis may be the very last pontiff. Historians say that's ...

Discover how AI technology is unraveling the ancient mysteries of the Nazca geoglyphs in the deserts of southern Peru.

Leon Smart is an athlete in a game so unusual that no sporting goods company can make the balls for it ...