The research team conducted geochemical studies at copper mining sites in the Timna Valley in the Arava Desert.

This year, scientists were able to pull back the curtain on mysteries surrounding figures across history, both ...

According to tradition, King Athelstan granted sanctuary status to the town after a victory over the Scots in 934. Before the ...

According to tradition, King Athelstan granted sanctuary status to the town after a victory over the Scots in 934. Before the battle, he prayed to St John of Beverley, a holy man whose tomb became ...

The concept of touching the Sun can be traced back to the ancient Greek myth of Icarus, but scientists at NASA have turned ...

On the 23rd December I went to see the west end production of Hadestown at the Lyric Theatre. Based of off the Ancient Greek myth of Orpheus and Eurydice, the musical follows the relationship between ...

There is no evidence that the world is becoming cooler. On the contrary, the rate of warming is accelerating, and previous expectations of ...

The Maha Kumbh Mela is a sacred spiritual gathering that takes place every 12 years, rotating between four pilgrimage sites ...

The Karnak Temple in Luxor, Egypt offered a dazzling spectacle as the rising sun aligned perfectly with its main axis.

Smithsonian Magazine offers up a few other ancient creatures that could fit the bill, including Nile crocodiles, goannas, and ...

Yale has Skull and Bones. Dartmouth has Sphinx. Harvard has the Porcellian Club. And for more than half a century, MIT had ...