Learn how environmental changes have humbled many of history’s most successful and dominant cultures.

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

In 2014, the IS terrorist group took control of the Iraqi city of Mosul, systematically destroying its many cultural ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

The UN body has brought several religious and other buildings in the Iraqi city back to life as part of an $115m programme ...

With new high-speed trains complementing old school diesels, Turkey’s once undervalued rail system is enjoying a ...

Sheep have been intertwined with human livelihoods for over 11,000 years. As well as meat, their domestication led to humans ...

By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

Ancient DNA analysis reveals that sheep were domesticated over 11,000 years ago in the Fertile Crescent. By 8,000 years ago, ...

Authoring a book or editing a volume are among the most consequential professional achievements in an academic's life. In ...

Hidden beneath the sands of Kuwait lie the stories and secrets of ancient civilizations, offering a glimpse into the ...