Explore the origins of astrology in the ancient world, from Babylonian records to Greek science, and how celestial observations were used to predict events and guide lives in Hellenistic Alexandria.

Scientists say Africa is gradually breaking apart along the East African Rift. The process is slow, but it could one day ...

A rare and spectacular astronomical event is on the horizon: the longest total solar eclipse in 100 years will occur on ...

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

Flower designs on 8,000-year-old Mesopotamian pots reveal a “mathematical knowledge” perhaps developed to share land and ...

Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered in Somalia’s capital to protest Israel’s recognition of the self-declared Republic of ...

Symmetrical arrangements of botanical motifs indicate a grasp of spatial division long before the advent of formal written ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel’s recognition of Somaliland has thrust the breakaway territory into the international spotlight, ...

Today, trans people face politicization of their lives and vilification from politicians, media and parts of broader society.

Archaeologists working near Yulin in Shaanxi Province have recorded 573 ancient stone-walled fortress settlements. The Yulin ...

But as Secretary of State Marco Rubio has hinted — musing that he would be “concerned” if he “lived in Havana” and “was in ...

Known as a carnyx, the instrument is only the third of its kind to be found in Britain. It was discovered in the territory of ...