Why it's incredible: The forest preserves some of the oldest trees in the world. The Cairo Fossil Forest is a unique collection of 385 million-year-old trees preserved in an abandoned quarry in ...

The backbone of a powerful navy is the almighty aircraft carrier. While battleships and destroyers might be armed with fancy cannons and missile launchers, aircraft carriers carry deadly fighter jets ...

For the first time in decades, Jews set eyes on the 1,700-year-old Dura Europos synagogue paintings this week. After studying the world’s oldest synagogue paintings for nearly a decade, Jill Joshowitz ...

Herskedal makes a rare visit to Ireland this month, appearing with the pianist Helge Lien and the percussionist Helge Andreas ...

Holly has a degree in Medical Biochemistry from the University of Leicester. Her scientific interests include genomics, personalized medicine, and bioethics.View full profile Holly has a degree in ...

The monarch met Ethel Caterham shortly after her 116th birthday Stephanie Petit is a Royals Editor, Writer and Reporter at PEOPLE. Press Association via AP Images King Charles met 116-year-old Ethel ...

Despite cash prizes and international conferences, the Indus script remains one of history's great linguistic mysteries.

Money makes the world go round—and it has for centuries. Currencies are more than just paper and coins. They help people trade, save, and build economies. Without them, buying goods or services would ...

Sign up for Forwarding the News, our essential morning briefing with trusted, nonpartisan news and analysis, curated by senior writer Benyamin Cohen. (JTA) — After ...

Ethiopia is heir to one of the world’s richest cultural tapestries. Ge’ez, Arabic, Oromo, Somali, and dozens of other languages all form part of this mosaic. To elevate one while neglecting the others ...

After 800 years of silence, a pipe organ that researchers say is the oldest in the Christian world has roared back to life at a monastery in Jerusalem’s Old City David Catalunya, a Valencian musician ...

Seeing Stonehenge is a travel bucket list item many feel compelled to check off in their lifetimes. While on its face the Southern England landmark isn’t "much" to look at, the mystery surrounding the ...