A 14-year-old boy has died after being struck by a car in East Ayrshire. Emergency crews were called to the A76 at the bridge over Cessnock Water, near Hurlford, at about 5.10pm on Wednesday.

Plans to build a new town near East Midlands Airport have been submitted. The long-mooted community, called Isley Woodhouse, could see 4,250-homes, a secondary and two primary schools, shops ...

Sites including Bexhill's De La Warr Pavilion and Margate's Winter Gardens are included on the map.

Archaeologists in northern Britain discovered 13-inch shoes at the ancient Roman Magna Fort, raising questions about the towering soldiers who defended the empire.

Newfound rock art from ancient Egypt may shed light on the time just before the first dynasty.

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.

Four off-duty paramedics from the Easton Fire Department revived a 5-year-old who nearly drowned at a July 4 pool party in East Bridgewater, according to the town’s Fire Chief John E. Dzialo.

The results provide an insight into cosmetic practices in the Ancient Near East and into the material culture of the fringes of the Assyrian Empire. The study has been published in Archaeometry.

If city lights block the stars over your backyard, this map can help you hunt down the darkest skies for epic stargazing.

2 kayakers found human remains in the waters of Frank Holten State Park Friday morning.

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But about 20% of his ancestry was traced to a region of the ancient Near East called the Fertile Crescent that included Mesopotamia.