The Dead Sea is the lowest point on the surface of the Earth. Ready for launch: “We tried to take pictures of the island from a distance, but it wasn’t even worth it,” says Braz. After a ...

Long-distance seafarers crossed the Mediterranean Sea far earlier than scientists had believed, a new study has found.

Evidence shows that hunter-gatherers were crossing at least 100 kilometers (km) of open water to reach the Mediterranean island of Malta 8,500 years ago, a thousand years before the arrival of the ...