Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

In ancient Egypt, paint was sourced from minerals, such as ocre, that were then ground into a powder, according to research ...

Gold miners are finding fossils and mummified animals from the Ice Age. Now paleontologists have an ancient wolf pup, a baby ...

Arguably the best example of this engineering marvel exists in modern-day Iran, where the technology was invented over 3,000 ...

The ruins of a Roman city were recently unearthed in the French countryside, shedding light on the region’s ancient, imperial ...

An ongoing show draws attention to the connected histories of photography and field surveys between 1855 and 1920 ...

The baobab tree is known as the “tree of life” and its fruit is feeding a growing global market for natural food and beauty ...

The temple, which measures around 450 feet in length and roughly 250 feet wide is perhaps the best-preserved in Egypt.

Time seems to stop at Eiko Araki's studio in Japan. Women sit around her in a small circle, painstakingly stitching intricate ...

Newly released images of Mars reveal a "smiley" salt deposit on the Red Planet's surface. A related study suggests that ...

During the restoration of an ancient Egyptian temple, researchers found rare traces of gold and paint, photos show. Photo from the Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities The cavernous corridors of an ...

The ancient miners lost their lives digging salt from a site that was used for centuries by various peoples living in the ...