When is the shortest day of the year? The Winter Solstice is not far off - The shortest day of the year will see an early ...

Two iron ankle shackles, buried for about 2,200 years in the Egyptian desert, have revealed new evidence of forced labor.

Archaeologists diving off the coast of Alexandria, Egypt, have discovered the remains of a 2,000-year-old "pleasure barge" ...

While Europeans eventually discovered the impressive moai statues for which the Rapa Nui are best known, they also stumbled ...

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

While keeping the long-dead crocodilian intact, McKnight and her team also “virtually” recreated the bronze hook lodged in ...

NASA has announced when the longest total solar eclipse of the century will occur—and you won’t have to wait long. Here’s ...

The maximum totality of the total solar eclipse in August 2027 will last 6 minutes and 23 seconds, but you'll need to travel ...

Throughout history, there have been numerous cities that have been washed away due to natural disasters or changing landscapes. And although these cities do not exist it anymore, they've nonetheless ...

Less than a century after it was rediscovered, National Geographic's correspondent explored the ruins of Petra and found its ...

For thousands of years, the pomegranate has been an important food and medicine not only in Greece, but also in many other ...

Scientists have discovered that complex life began evolving much earlier than traditional models suggested. Using an expanded ...