The namesake of Mazar-i-Sharif suffered countless cracks in a 6.3-magnitude quake, but, like Afghanistan, it has endured for ...

As archaeologists slowly excavate this ancient statue from the earth, they are, in a sense, awakening a witness to humanity's earliest attempts to comprehend the cosmos and to communicate with the ...

After the collapse of the Chalcolithic culture around 3500 BCE, people in Jordan’s Murayghat transformed their way of life, shifting from domestic settlements to ritual landscapes filled with dolmens, ...

Ek’ Balam is one of the most exceptionally preserved Mayan archeological zones, and a new discovery literally sets its ...

For the past half century, Egyptologists saw the rapid abandonment of Akhetaten as a sign of plague. Now that theory is being challenged.

Heavy rains have triggered record-breaking floods in some parts of central Vietnam, especially in top tourism destinations ...

About a year ago, I landed in Seoul for Frieze Week and immediately rushed to a dinner announcing the Bukhara Biennial, a new ...

On Sunday, a group of volunteers will explore a vestige of an ancient shoreline in the south suburbs. They also plan to set it on fire. The volunteers will be at Superior Street Prairie in Calumet ...

Archaeologists working at the site of the ancient Turkish city Attouda have uncovered a ritual site dedicated to the Phrygian mother goddess, Matar. The site, complete with a cave and a “twin rock ...

This story is a collaboration between The Associated Press and Mongabay. MEXICO CITY, Mexico — After years of working abroad in marine conservation, Cassandra Garduño returned home to find the ...

3,600 years ago, a massive cosmic airburst struck the ancient city of Tall el-Hammam, incinerating everything in seconds. Some believe this cataclysm inspired the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. It Sits ...