Traces of color preserved in the stone are changing how historians understand what was lost when Alexander burned Persepolis.

National Pie Day is here, which is strange because pie needs no holiday—it’s already the undisputed champion of foods. Still, if society insists, we might as well use the occasion to study pie’s rich ...

A painting of a woman on lime wood is one of the mummy portraits being studied by researchers using special camera filters under different light wavelengths (left to right: visible, ultraviolet, and ...

In a city of terrific choices, these are ours.

White, red, orange, or bubbly—these are the best places to drink wine in the city.

Tucked away in Iowa City sits a retail wonderland where your wallet stays fat and your shopping cart overflows – Ollie’s ...

The complete genome of an ancient Egyptian has been sequenced, revealing genetic links between the Nile and Mesopotamia 5,000 ...

A smudge of blue on an ordinary-looking stone has forced archaeologists to rethink what Ice Age people in Europe could see, ...

At first glance, it looks like an alien eye—a gorgeous blue iris around a carmel-colored pupil, thick eyelashes radiating out ...

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

President Donald Trump said on Thursday (January 22) that U.S. oil companies will soon start drilling for oil in Venezuela, ...

Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey said on Thursday (January 22) that a recent surge of federal law enforcement activity in the ...