The question of whether the Caspian is a lake or a sea often arises, with the answer being both, depending on perspective. Scientifically, it is a lake, being landlocked and primarily fed by rivers, ...

A rare visit to a Khmer temple on Thailand and Cambodia’s border showed how deadly clashes between the two countries have scarred a heritage site.

Ancient inscriptions carved into Egyptian tombs reveal a visitor from India. One name appears again and again inside the ...

Peter Tran recounts a 2025 Jubilee pilgrimage along the Via Francigena to Rome. Discover the spiritual depth, physical ...

A rare Roman temple dedicated to mystery cult deity Mithras was discovered in Germany, with the oldest-known sanctuary in ...

New research that decoded the evolution of mosquitoes’ feeding habits from DNA could shed light on the murky timeline of prehistoric human ancestors.

For the first time, scientists have used DNA preserved in ancient sediments to examine how a major natural disaster affected ...

The growing paleopathological literature shows that scurvy was not a rare problem among people living in the ancient Asia-Pacific tropics. Scurvy is increasingly identified throughout the region, ...

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.

Mosquitoes haven’t always had a taste for human blood — partly because the tiny yet dangerous insects have been around a lot longer than humans.

Her newly launched contemporary design gallery is propelling the region’s designers and master artisans onto the international stage.

The evidence shows that the ‘Ubeidiya site is at least one million nine hundred thousand years old. This finding represents a ...