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A student-developed Augmented Reality project brings the marvels of Islamic art and heritage directly to our mobile phones ...

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Carolina Beach State Park is the antidote to all that noise. Located just outside the beachside town of Carolina Beach, this 761-acre natural sanctuary might be the best-kept secret in southeastern ...

In the hills of southeastern Turkey lies a site so ancient, it's turning our understanding of civilization on its head and fueling conspiracy theories.

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University of Houston archeologist Diane Chase is pictured in the tomb of Te K’ab Chaak, the first ruler of the ancient civilization of Caracol in Belize. Fifty years after they were married ...

Scientists have uncovered DNA from 214 ancient pathogens in prehistoric humans, including the oldest known evidence of plague. The findings show zoonotic diseases began spreading around 6,500 ...

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.