Across Egypt, massive granite columns, obelisks, and pyramid stones show clear evidence they were quarried directly from deep ...

Up close, many Egyptian temples show levels of symmetry and finish that feel deliberate and calculated. Tool marks, alignments, and scale suggest careful planning beyond simple stone stacking. Some de ...

The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for ...

Every year, about 900,000 metric tons of salt arrive in the New York area. This winter, it’s being put to good use.

After using the "Relative Erosion Method" to uncover how old the Great Pyramid of Giza is, Alberto Donini suggests it may date to 22916 B.C.E.

The Netherlands on Thursday (February 5) returned a 3,500-year-old sculpture to Egypt after the looted artifact resurfaced at ...

High-resolution imaging conducted at USC reveals evidence of chronic pain, dental disease and possible surgical intervention ...

Learn more about the themes, throws and royalty of the Mardi Gras parades rolling in New Orleans and Jefferson Parish.

The author on new book The Killing Time, writing ‘kick-ass older women’, and her fascination with Victorian times ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

Australia's answer to the Oscars — the AACTAs — lit up the Gold Coast tonight, with horror Bring Her Back and The Narrow Road ...

Egypt’s global push has brought back looted antiquities, but centuries-old legal and diplomatic hurdles are keeping some of ...