On a winter evening in 1911, as the sun dipped over the confluence city of Prayagraj, a small crowd gathered on the banks of ...

The start of the month traditionally depends on the sighting of the crescent moon. This year, the first day of Ramadan is expected to be on or around Wednesday.

Rock climbing is a great sport for thrill-seekers. In Gabriel Tallent’s Crux, main characters Dan and Tamma fit the bill ...

In the medieval period, when Arabic chroniclers recorded eclipses, they usually noted concurrent deaths of rulers. And in Europe, a solar eclipse in 1133 was so closely associated with the 1135 death ...

Where were you born? I was born in Colorado, but my family did not live there very long. Even though I only lived there a short time, Colorado is a ...

Hannibal, the Carthaginian general, marching his war elephants over the snow-covered Alps to confront the Romans in 218BCE.

The public reaction to the violence in Minneapolis suggests that we have held on to our sense of universal truths.

The publication of “Chroma” represents an important shift by museums toward recognizing polychromy and its entanglement with ...

Roman Anthony, who has already had a meteoric rise from MLB’s top prospect to emerging star for the Red Sox, will now get a ...

A scientist who figured out the secret behind ancient Rome's self-repairing concrete has recently confirmed his theory at a ...

As tourists slowly return to the North African country, Phil Thomas uncovers its Ottoman tiles, ancient amphitheatres and white sand beaches ...

Several Houston-area athletes rose to the top of the podium at the UIL wrestling state championships at the Berry Center on Saturday.