Sparta was one of the most powerful city-states in antiquity. The ancient capital of the Laconia district of the southeastern ...

People in towns in western Mali where jihadists attacked army sites a day earlier were afraid but went about their business Wednesday ...

For centuries, humans have lived underground. Today, that ancient practice is under dire threat—even as cave life makes more ...

Mali's military says armed men attacked a Mali community just over the border from Senegal. One expert called the development ...

Jihadist fighters have launched a series of simultaneous attacks on military posts across numerous towns in Mali - the third major assault on the army over the last month. Mali's army said it repelled ...

Jihadists attacked military installations in several towns in western Mali early Tuesday, in a new series of assaults in the ...

Seven Malian army positions in western Mali, some near the Senegalese border, were targeted in coordinated attacks early ...

The nation’s preeminent museum returns a stunning collection to view.

Researchers identify 146,000-year-old 'dragon man' skull as a Denisovan using dental calculus after DNA extraction attempts failed, revealing insights about this human species.

A new study published June 18 in the journal Nature has uncovered a “huge surprise” about humans in Africa 50,000 years ago. Previous studies have shown that humans, who arrived in Africa ...