Many Christians worry that writing “Xmas” crosses Christ out of Christmas, but the story of the X is an ancient, deeply ...

The sole surviving sample of Queen Cleopatra's handwriting, found on an ancient papyrus, reveals a single Greek word, "ginesthoi." ...

A sneak peek at some of the fabulous family activities happening in Jerusalem this Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a magical time in ...

The BBC reported that the English section of South Korea’s College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT) is “notoriously difficult.” The BBC even introduced a reading comprehension question from this year’s ...

A scholar claims to have deciphered Cryptic B, a mysterious alphabet in the Dead Sea Scrolls long thought impossible to read.

Some species are unisexual and reproduce by parthenogenesis.

Centipedes may look creepy, but they’re fascinating, ancient predators that play an important role indoors and out.

In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...

Making fire on demand was a milestone in the lives of our early ancestors. But the question of when that skill first arose ...

In the shadow of 2,000-year-old petroglyphs, Saudi Arabia’s Rawi storytellers are breathing life back into a tradition once ...

Mumbai, Dec 13 (UNI) Actor Shreyas Talpade will be seen portraying freedom fighter Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose in the upcoming historical drama 'Azad Bharath', which revisits India's independence ...