Hidden on a windswept valley in Orkney, Scotland, lies a 5,000‑year‑old rock monument that has fascinated visitors for centuries. This Neolithic rock‑cut tomb was carved into a massive glacial boulder ...

Taranaki's only Treasure Island winner John 'Horse' McLeod may be retired but that doesn't mean he's taking life easy.

Roughly 14 miles from the ancient city of Syracuse in southeastern Sicily, more than 4,000 tombs were carefully cut into the walls of a limestone gorge. The tombs make up the Necropolis of Pantalica, ...

Until now, the earliest Egyptians to have even part of their DNA sequenced were three people who lived between 787 and 544 b.c. A team including geneticist Adeline Morez Jacobs of Liverpool John ...

We’re growing, but we can’t generate jobs,” KPMG chief economist Diane Swonk told Fortune. “Never seen anything like it.” ...

New chemical analysis of quartz microliths from South Africa confirms that humans were skilled with poison long ago.

CAIRO — Egypt has unveiled several discoveries near the famed city of Luxor, including ancient rock-cut tombs and burial shafts dating back 3,600 years.

A court-sanctioned intervention over the lighting of a ceremonial lamp has reopened a settled dispute, testing Tamil Nadu’s ...

A baby and a woman have been rushed to hospital after a hit-and-run crash. The two pedestrians were hit by a white van at ...

Police have arrested a 25-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man after responding to an incident at around 11am on January 3, ...