Marvel's The Fantastic Four: First Steps just introduced MCU fans to Marvel's first family, receiving widespread acclaim and ...

When George Shiras published his wildlife photographs in National Geographic it transformed the medium with his novel use of ...

Scientists have discovered the world’s oldest known mummies in burial sites in Southeast Asia and China. Some of the mummies found may be 12,000 years old, making them approximately 7,500 years older ...

Hidden just outside Tampa in the tiny town of Thonotosassa lies Hillsborough River State Park – 3,383 acres of pristine Florida wilderness that somehow remains one of the state’s best-kept secrets.

The Aztecs and the Mayans are the most popular among the Mesoamerican civilizations, but the Olmecs came first.

The motif first appeared in Dunhuang in the sixth century and later spread along the ancient Silk Road to Central Asia, West ...

A Yale-trained geologist has spent more than 30 years studying Egypt's Great Sphinx and come to a stunning new theory.

Did the Minoan writing system known as Linear A come from Egyptian hieroglyphics, or was it an independent invention?

USF and FAU researchers identify bacterium behind 1,500-year-old pandemic mystery. For the first time, scientists have obtained direct genomic evidence of the bacterium responsible for the Plague of ...

What are the first things that spring to mind when you hear the name “Mexico”? Perhaps you get images of sombreros or giant cacti. Or maybe tacos, margaritas, tequila or mariachi bands? If you are ...

Millions of young Catholics flock to the small central Italian town of Assisi every year to pay tribute to Carlo Acutis – the Italian teenager informally known as "God's Influencer." The 15-year-old ...