Buried beneath the waters of Quintana Roo, Mexico lies a discovery that breaks the historical timeline wide open — a 12,500-year-old ochre mine carved into limestone by organized hands. These weren’t ...

Archaeologists uncover a monumental 5,000-year-old building in Mesopotamia’s Kani Shaie, revealing Uruk’s cultural reach.

It currently houses the embassy of France in Iraq, for which Paris pays rent only to the Iraqi government, despite the ...

Ancient Mesopotamia was a vast region in Western Asia which has become known as the ‘cradle of civilization’ due to the huge number of feats the culture achieved. Agriculture, animal herding, and ...

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Regarding interesting inscriptions and shapes found by satellite archaeology, revealing what might be ancient human occupation on the continent of Antarctica, author William James Veall writes that ...

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While the Constitution makes it clear how President Donald Trump and Congress get paid during a government shutdown, without a Senate vote to reopen the government until at least Tuesday, Oct. 13, the ...

A deadly explosion at a military munitions facility in Tennessee on Friday has left multiple people dead and at least 19 missing, according to local officials. The blast at Accurate Energetic Systems ...

There has been a long, tense relationship between queer identity and military service in the United States. Just think of “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” or the recent transgender military ban. Based on the ...

WASHINGTON – A string of Americans frustrated by the government shutdown called into C-SPAN on Thursday, Oct. 9, to confront House Speaker Mike Johnson. In one particularly dramatic exchange, a woman ...

Editor's note: To read the latest on the government shutdown, click here for Friday's coverage. WASHINGTON ‒ President Donald Trump met with his Cabinet on Thursday as the government shutdown dragged ...