Archaeologists working near Luxor have identified the remains of a large royal city dating back around 3,400 years, offering ...

Winter sports enthusiasts rejoice — snowy season is here. And with the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics sprinkling some stardust onto Italy’s mountain resorts in February, this season brings extra ...

In ancient Egypt, what was the Sphinx all about? – Effie, age 8, New Plymouth, New Zealand. One of the most mysterious and ...

Everything you ever wanted to know about Ancient Egypt. Dan is joined by Dr Campbell Price, Curator of Egypt and Sudan at the ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

American writers misleadingly interpreted Egypt's past to argue that slavery was a divinely sanctioned institution ...

Egypt’s Ministry of Antiquities has announced a breathtaking find at the Tuna el‑Gebel necropolis in Minya: 40 perfectly preserved mummies — including 10 children — discovered inside ancient rock‑cut ...

Off the coast of Marseille, National Geographic Explorer Jacques-Yves Cousteau hauled up thousands of ancient clay vessels—and showed what fantastic discoveries modern scuba gear made possible. This ...

National Geographic Explorer Peter Campbell provides an inside look at the early stages of a heritage crime investigation. Peter Campbell examines a Gandharan stucco head of a bodhisattva, an ...

Decades ago, India’s tigers were on the brink of extinction. Slowly, their numbers have rebounded. But that ecological success has prompted a dire problem—and a race to save many of them from genetic ...

A natural experiment in a national park in Patagonia shows how the return of a large predator can reshape an ecosystem. Long absent from Argentinian Patagonia due to over-hunting, pumas have returned ...

Kim Knor has the kind of biography Hollywood blockbusters are made of—and has just notched a new milestone in her quest to keep living life to the fullest. 86-year-old Kim Knor completes her 1,000th ...