The Valley of the Kings was part of a vast "necropolis" or "city of the dead" beside the Nile and the ancient city of Thebes, the capital of Egypt at different times and center of worship of the ...

Despite centuries of efforts to map our planet precisely, our view of the world will always be political and imperfect.

Since the advent of geobrowser Google Earth, a number of strange and mysterious things around the globe are visible.

From mysterious artifacts to giant megaliths, discoveries that promise to reveal our past have completely baffled the ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

El Argar had a centralized system for the production and distribution of its pottery vessels and clay objects, all made from material sourced from a single location ...

February's list includes dancing sea turtles, the secret to a perfectly ... using it both as a compass to determine direction and as a kind of "map" to track their geographical position while ...

There are plenty of desirable locations where traveling can be tricky—or downright deadly. Read through our list of the most ...

The game takes you on an adventure that sees you visiting all kinds of fantastical locations, from Ancient Egypt-style civilizations to cities hidden under the sea. Despite its more whimsical art ...

The entrance to the tomb of Thutmose II in Luxor in southern Egypt ... the ancient quarrying work songs: ‘Hurrah for Djehuty, one big push for Djehuty’. Many of the people we work with on excavations ...

Researchers claim to have uncovered a vast underground city beneath the Giza pyramids, sparking heated debates among experts.