When the United Nations General Assembly, in 2010, affirmed that ‘the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation’ ...
It sounds like the start of a horror film: a shadowy figure at the end of your bed, a faceless presence sitting on your chest ...
New scientific work is quietly redrawing the master timeline of ancient Egypt, shifting key dynasties and even the start of ...
In 2004, archaeologists discovered a new species of ancient human, Homo floresiensis, on the Indonesian island of Flores. Nicknamed “the hobbit,” this three-foot-tall hominin lived between about ...
Learn which engineering branch is known as the oldest engineering discipline. Learn about its history, its significance, the ...
These ruins of the city of Babylon in Iraq date to the Neo-Babylonian Empire (626–539 B.C.). A 22-inch-high basalt stela depicting Babylon’s king Nabonidus (r. 556–539 B.C.) shows him wearing a ...