Nora doesn’t have the name recognition—or crowds—of Pompeii. But the well-preserved coastal settlement offers travelers a ...

These stone granaries in Soajo, Portugal were used for centuries by local farmers. Their elevated design helped preserve food supplies. The layout shows community-based storage.

Blood tests are useful tools for doctors and scientific researchers: they can reveal a lot about a body's health. Usually, a blood sample is taken to get a picture of the large molecules that are ...

Africa’s name predates modern nations and borders. It originated from ancient peoples and foreign observers. Over time, the meaning shifted as power changed hands. This video traces the name back to ...

This week I moderated a conversation about the three great West African empires of the medieval period between 1100-1500 AD: Ghana, Mali, and Songhai, and the trans-Saharan trade routes through which ...

Everything we know about these famous war animals has come from textual sources, so this is a significant new find.

Without systematic documentation, traditional plants’ uses could be lost or excluded from mainstream medical discourse.

For generations, the movement of animals across Africa on seasonal migrations has been one of the best-known natural ...

The Milan Cortina Winter Olympics are just one week away and United Nations and Games organizers are urging a 7-week global ...

In a cave overlooking the ocean on the southern coast of South Africa, archaeologists discovered thousands of stone tools, created by ancient humans roughly 20,000 years ago. By examining tiny details ...

Running 26.2 miles sounds miserable to most people, but add a chance to race past ancient temples in Cambodia or alongside giraffes in South Africa, and the whole experience can be worth it. These 10 ...

Quiet remains of far earlier worlds can be found on cliffs in some of southern Africa's harshest regions. Signs of changing climates and gradual geological stress are frequently preserved in marble ...