There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

We ventured into a cave that had been sealed for thousands of years – and what we found was astonishing. Inside, we uncovered ...

Giant icebergs once scraped the seafloor near Britain, offering clues about ancient ice shelves and future sea-level rise.

National Geographic Explorer Paul Salopek has traveled many miles across land on foot since 2013, when he began his long ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

The Rato Macchindranath or Bunga Dugh in Newa chariot festival, one of Nepal’s most revered festivals, has begun in the ancient town of Patan, Lalitpur, traversing through the sea of devotees on ...

Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...

Lang Son isn’t just a geological archive—it’s also an archaeological one. The Bac Son limestone massif has yielded stone ...

One of India’s major rivers, the Indus holds deep significance in Hinduism. Here’s how our religion and culture are closely ...

As a sea of mourners gather to pay their final respects to Pope Francis, who lies in state at St Peter’s Basilica, some ...