This is the story of the Temple of Olympian Zeus, an attraction of Athens that was once among the largest temples of the ...

Long before the Inka (commonly known as Inca in English) rose to power, a mysterious civilization bloomed on the edge of Lake ...

In China, researchers studying the burial site of one of the world's most well-preserved mummies also unearthed what's ...

More than 30 million people globally have done a family history DNA test, but few realise this multi-billion dollar ...

Yet from a traditional Jewish perspective, Islam does not constitute a new covenant equal to the Torah’s. Like Ishmael — a ...

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From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

As America begins its 250th year, it is fitting to draw attention to the great people and ideas that made it possible. Neither the Declaration of Independence of 1776 nor the Constitution of 1787 ...

No other Indian fruit can match the mango for its historical significance, its sociocultural importance and its almost ...

The 300,000 year-old tools show that hominins in East Asia made planned foraging trips to lakeshores and designed instruments ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Forty years after the first effort to extract mummy DNA, researchers have finally generated a full genome sequence from an ...