Nepal’s mountaineering community has celebrated the 72nd anniversary of the conquest of the world’s highest peak. The International Everest Day rally in Kathmandu on Thursday marks the first summit cl ...

A network of trenches, walls and enclosures built across the steppes of China and Mongolia 800 years ago seems to have been ...

From his roof, Sidi Mohamed Lemine Sidiya scans the medieval town of Oualata, a treasure that is disappearing under the sands ...

This is the dramatic moment a huge fire tore across a family's garden - and spread towards their home while they were ...

The story of Ancient Egypt is the story of the Nile. The river’s floods, cycles, and central location allowed a great ...

Although Damask roses are cultivated in other parts of India, the varietal favors Ganges alluvial soils surrounding the city of ... date back to ancient Egypt, when plants were crushed and infused ...

Buried beneath the sea off the coast of Indonesia, scientists have made a groundbreaking discovery that could rewrite the ...

For centuries, the mystery of how Egypt's mighty pyramids came to be has captivated scientists, historians, and travelers ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire.

Rome wasn’t built in a day ... was around 3 percent of the city’s population at the time. Radical solutions have been considered in the past. The great flood of December 1870, just a ...