It was one of history’s most dramatic moments—but the eruption of Mount Vesuvius wasn’t a single disaster. Recent evidence reveals how three settlements faced three distinct fates, reshaping our ...

In Homer’s epic, Odysseus’s men eat something so powerful that they forget about home. Which plants could have produced such ...

On a trip along the Silk Road, columnist Annalee Newitz discovers that ancient technology can offer us a framework for our ...

A guide to Bukhara, Uzbekistan, from historic mosques and Sufi shrines to hotels, restaurants, artisan workshops and the city ...

Ancient DNA from China’s vast 4,000-year-old Shimao settlement is revealing how one of East Asia’s earliest complex societies was organized. Researchers found that its people were largely descended ...

Calculating a fossil's position throughout geological history is a complex process. In paleontology and other disciplines, ...

A Northern California man's elaborate ruse to purloin ancient Chinese manuscripts involved fakery and back-to-back flights to ...

A spectacular new institution and a project to sequence the genomes of mummies are fuelling debate over the future of ...

It puts the South Korean capital firmly on the city-break map, offering a thrilling mix of skyscrapers, temples, neon-lit ...

The Caspian Sea occupies an unusual place on the map. It carries the name of a sea, stretches beyond the horizon in every ...

Nominated for the first time in the “Asia’s Leading Emerging Tourism Destination” category at the 2026 World Travel Awards, ...