For the first time in nearly 2,000 years, visitors to Rome’s Colosseum can walk through a hidden imperial passage.

Across ancient civilizations, law often carried a strangeness that feels almost unbelievable today. Weird rules shaped the ...

During her hunt for the Egyptian queen’s lost tomb, National Geographic Explorer Kathleen Martínez uncovered the sunken ...

In Lu Yang’s art, the deliriousness comes from the collision of cutting-edge technology with centuries-old ideas of the highest order.

A bust of an ancient Egyptian goddess, thought to have been a high-quality imitation, has been authenticated as a ...

A 1,600-year-old estate connected to the ancient Samaritans – a group depicted in the Bible – has been uncovered in Israel. The Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) announced the discovery in a Facebook ...

Scientists have discovered prehistoric insects preserved in amber for the first time in South America, providing a fresh ...

In early September 2025, a claim spread on social media that U.S. President Donald Trump once said the U.S. and Italy have been allies since ancient Rome. One Facebook post (archived), for example, ...

Researchers digitally reconstructed a crushed skull and concluded our species is 1 million years old, igniting a debate over ...

A Pulitzer Prize-winning composer renowned for her boundary-defying creations, Du seeks to use this work to amplify voices ...