In a destination packed with attractions that showcase America's past, Washington D.C.'s biggest magnet for history buffs ...

Dinosaurs stimulate our imagination, exhibit curators and visitors at the American Museum of Natural History told USA TODAY one rainy afternoon.

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From a marble god stashed in a sewer to a mysterious ancient object whose use has been lost to time, the best archaeological ...

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Off Baja California in Mexico, a killer whale named after an Aztec emperor is leading his pod on routine takedowns of the largest ... four times. The finding suggests that the animals may be ...

Have you ever thought about which animals are the biggest in the world? From the magnificent blue whale to the majestic African elephant, these creatures aren’t just massive- - they have ...

If this colossal solar storm hit our technologically advanced world the effects would have been devastating. Earth is no stranger to solar storms. Just this year we've been bombarded with storms ...

EVROPOS, Greece, Nov 28 (Reuters) - In Evropos, a village in northern Greece, Danis Koumartzis carves out the wooden sound box of a traditional lyre before covering it with animal hide and ...

The Civilization of Ancient Egypt exhibition could break the new record for having the largest number of visitors to a touring exhibition of Egyptian cultural relics all over the world.

[Photo by Gao Erqiang/chinadaily.com.cn] The ongoing exhibition at Shanghai Museum, On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt, received its 1 millionth visitor on Monday. Accepting ...

Massive accumulations of gypsum and other sulfates in the La Corona lava tube system in Lanzarote, Spain. Credit: Bogdan Onac Lava tubes on Earth have been studied for signs of ancient microbial life, ...