Xinjiang has always intrigued me as a place where cultures meet and histories converge, said Waref Kumayha, president of the ...

Part of a Crusader castle crumbled. An 18th century minaret felled. Church mosaics burned. Archaeologists are assessing ...

After surviving years of war in Syria and becoming refugees in Lebanon, two sisters are celebrating their first Christmas ...

Cloudy with a high of 69 °F (20.6 °C) and a 40% chance of precipitation. Winds from S to SSW at 6 to 14 mph (9.7 to 22.5 kph). Night - Partly cloudy with a 68% chance of precipitation. Winds ...

Egyptian authorities have arrested two men for attempting to steal hundreds of ancient artifacts from the bottom of the sea, the country’s interior ministry said in a Monday statement.

What do we know now about this abandoned ancient enclave? A Buddhist temple at Dandan-Oilik was first excavated by Marc Aurel Stein in 1900. It consists of a central cella nested in a larger ...

The 36-year-old man is accused of displaying the designated terror organisation's flag at the protest in Melbourne's CBD on September 29.

For nearly 300 years, a family’s ancestral house in India's southern state of Kerala has been the stage for theyyam, an ancient folk ritual. Rooted in ancient tribal traditions, theyyam predates ...

Dec. 12, 2024 — Neanderthal genes make up 1-2% of the genomes of non-Africans. Scientists analyzed the lengths of regions of Neanderthal DNA in 58 ancient Eurasian genomes of early modern humans ...