In 1889, the British journalist Henry Morton Stanley stumbled out of the forests of Central Africa into the town of Katwe, a ...

Archaeologists rediscover Ichijodani, a formidable stronghold that flourished amid medieval Japan’s brutal power struggles ...

Ancient practices hold important lessons for farmers facing drying lands, but they were often more complex than modern societies realize. Glacier loss adds to the challenge today.

Beginning in the 17th century, the Nakasendo trail connected Kyoto and Edo, now modern-day Tokyo. Along this path, 69 designated post towns operated as resting stations where weary travelers could ...

Researchers say a fossil jawbone discovered in Taiwan belonged to an enigmatic group of early human ancestors.

Yet even after the declines in this top echelon of wealth, these ten people are worth a remarkable ... The son of a U.S. congressman, he first bought stock at age 11 and first filed taxes at ...

We reveal the 5 tallest mountains in Scotland, from the mighty Ben Nevis to the giants of the Cairngorms National Park ...

Genetic insights into the Fulani people not only illuminate their biological history but also enrich our understanding of ...

A bone discovered in Taiwan turns out to have belonged to a Denisovan, a lineage previously identified only thousands of ...

It’s incredibly tricky to pin down the origin of the language that led to the words spoken everywhere between Spain and India ...

I visited all the major US national parks and ranked them based on factors like beauty and crowd size. My favorites include ...