That rivers have a life of their own is an ancient idea become current again. Shape-shifting, vital and recognisably capable ...

What does it mean to say ‘never again’? It is etched into memorials, inscribed in textbooks, whispered in the shadows of ...

The buried roots and stumps of an ancient forest in southern China are the charred remains of an ancient war and the burning of a capital city, according to a recent study from researchers who ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.