Carvings in a turquoise mine from around 1800 BC appear to mention a wise man named Moses. But scholars are skeptical that it ...

National Geographic Photo Camp encourages young people across the globe to share their perspectives on the world around them.

Venetian fortresses, Ottoman mosques and historic family bakeries combine in this ancient city on Crete’s northwestern coast.

Throughout antiquity, kingdoms and nations rose and fell but Rome stood strong—until its steep decline. The fall of this ...

For the first time, researchers have uncovered direct genomic evidence of the bacterium behind the Plague of Justinian—the ...

A shot of a fraternal society's gathering place-once used for socialising, much like a modern-day Majlis in Saudi c ...

In conjunction with the “Mummies of the World” display at the Museum of Idaho, two world-renowned egyptologists will pay a ...

Centuries after it ravaged Europe in the Middle Ages, plague still circulates on nearly every continent—including the western ...

The discovery of a possible 'lost city' underwater would change what we know about history, so how's this one in Cuba?

“The oft-quoted curse “Death will come on swift wings to him who disturbs the peace of the king” does not actually appear ...

Some argue Jews would be safer dispersed or that Israel’s location is a strategic mistake. History proves otherwise. Israel ...