The United States is a world leader in technology, perhaps nowhere more so than in the area of weapons. But as ...

A collar believed to have been worn by Tutankhamun's sisters and a mummified snake are among the treasures on display at ...

The end of the liberal world order is a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in conference rooms and university lecture halls ...

Archaeologists in Italy have discovered a rare 2,600-year-old Etruscan tomb that somehow escaped looters over the centuries.

Leonardo da Vinci sketched several machines that did not even exist during the 15th century. One of them is a helicopter ...

Here are some of the Press Association’s chosen television highlights over the coming days from Saturday, August 2, including ...

There are more than 50 theories for the function of this 12-sided, pentagonal-faced bronze object — but archaeologists have never quite figured it out.

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

Dublin’s goal, according to Israel’s ambassador to Ireland, has been to undermine the Jewish state’s ability to defend itself by launching lawfare to chip steadily away at its sovereign rights.

Throughout history, fantastic treasures from various cultures have been stolen or mysteriously gone missing. Often their ...

Researchers in the UK have extracted and sequenced the oldest Egyptian DNA to date from an individual who lived more than 4,000 years ago.

A rock art panel near Aswan, Egypt, may depict a rare example of an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the ancient Egyptian state.