Lydia Polgreen speaks to the former New York Times bureau chief Howard W. French about the cost of not engaging with Africa.

A ridiculous but instructive thought experiment involving deep time, plate tectonics, erosion and the slow death of the sun ...

Scientists have unveiled the Nadir crater, a 5-mile wide undersea structure off the coast of West Africa, believed to have been formed by an asteroid impact that coincided with the extinction of the ...

There's so much to see and do in Rome it's hard to fit it all into a weekend. This four-day itinerary will help you make the most of your time.

In the poem, Ibn al‑Wardi imagines the plague as a wandering trickster who drifts from one region to another, spreading death ...

Ancient Greek cartographers, from Anaximander to Ptolemy, turned myth and measurement into world maps, shaping latitude and ...

New research sheds light on a cross-shaped pit found at Aguada Fénix, a monumental complex discovered several years ago ...

Rivers are vital arteries for our world. They have shaped civilisations throughout history, providing essential water for ...

Picture this: you’re planning your perfect beach vacation, scrolling through crystal-clear waters and pristine shores. Then ...

The Omo-Turkana basin in Africa is home to a treasure trove of ancient human fossils and tools that span 300,000 years – today it is still yielding new discoveries about our species ...

Trafficking in cultural property is an illicit trade that results in the loss, destruction, removal or theft of irreplaceable ...

William Taylor, an assistant professor and curator of archaeology at the University of Colorado, helped identify the tooth, ...