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His unexplored tomb at Nemrut Dağ may show us more about death and worship in ancient Turkey. Several colossal heads that once stood in the mausoleum of Antiochus I of Commagene now lie in front ...

In a 2017 study in the American Journal of Human Genetics, researchers looked at the ancient DNA of five Canaanites who lived between 3,650 and 3,750 years ago and who were buried in Sidon, an ...

Two people were killed and at least 19 others were injured after ARM Cuauhtémoc, a sail training vessel of the Mexican Navy, collided with the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City on Sunday (May 18). In ...

(William Barr/Radio-Canada) Sumo Sundays offers drop-ins and workshops to teach the ancient sport — one that has for centuries been the domain of physically-imposing men — to people of all ...

When O’Harrow saw the ancient ankles intact, he breathed a sigh of relief. “As we in the United States celebrate our country’s 250th anniversary, we’re doing an exhibition on something ...

The statues were rigid, and often standing up straight with neutral facial expressions—this is a far cry from the soft, airy Greek statues we most associate with the ancient culture. By 500 B.C ...

The mosasaur was the apex predator of the seas when dinosaurs roamed land. Geologists working in Mississippi recently stumbled upon an incredible find: the fossil of an ancient marine apex predator.

A team of American archaeologists believe they have uncovered the remains of Noah’s Ark, the Daily Mail reported. Researchers working at a site in Turkey known as the Durupınar Formation ...

The practice is derived from an ancient Chinese one known as penjing that was adopted by Japan. "Growing bonsai is just like growing [or nurturing] a dog or a cat or having a child. It's something ...

One of the big contentions of popular historian William Dalrymple’s latest book “The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World,” which came out in the United States a few weeks ...

In a historic gesture of Christian unity, Pope Leo XIV and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew have agreed to convene in ancient Nicaea—modern-day Iznik, Türkiye—before the end of 2025. The announcement ...