Aboriginal art is far more than just visually stunning patterns — it is one of the oldest continuous forms of cultural ...

Tenochtitlán's 700th anniversary will be celebrated in July with a series of events at several of the modern capital’s ...

The song, "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is an English Christmas carol. From 1558 until 1829, Roman Catholics in England were not permitted to practice their faith openly. Someone during that era ...

Space archaeologist Alice Gorman suggests that some of the fascination is psychological—humans tend to seek patterns and meanings in the unknown. She points out the improbability of a satellite ...

Cain and Abel were the first two sons of Adam and Eve and their account is a famous Bible story that is commonly associated with the story of brothers, obedience, and disobedience of God’s ...

The 75.47-carat Hooker Emerald was worn by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Photo by Chip Clark, courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural ...