A map of the night sky created by the ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus was recently discovered at St. Catherine Monastery ...

As part of their survey, researchers examined declassified U.S. spy satellite imagery from the 1970s, which is now in the public domain, and compared the visual data to modern-day photography and ...

Tugunbulak could have housed as many as 5,000 residents with the only source of food being pastured animals or what could be ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

The Battle of al-Qadisiyyah was a crucial victory for Arab Muslim forces of the Rashidun Caliphate over the Sasanian Empire.

Qadisiyah, the Arab army emerged victorious and continued its march into Persia, contributing to the spread of Islam beyond ...

A joint team of archeologists from the U.K.'s Durham University and the University of Al-Qadisiyah stumbled across the site ...

Written by the former chief historian of NASA, the book examines the evolution of our cosmic understanding—from early civilizations to the present day ...

During the election campaign, Trump had often boasted that during his first term in office, there were no wars. While under ...

Jerry Brotton hails from northern England, and in “Four Points of the Compass,” he notes that the caricatures associated with southern cultures such as Italy’s are reversed in his native country, ...

A team of archaeologists believe that they have accurately identified the location of an ancient battle, dated nearly 1,500 ...

U.S. Army Pacific commander Gen. Charles Flynn retired Friday from the military in a ceremony at Fort Shafter’s historic Palm ...