The Bulwark national political reporter Marc Caputo said Sunday on CNN that President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks look like “ancient Rome,” comparing it to being surrounded by “political gladiators.” Over…
Nestled at the eastern edge of California, Mono Lake holds the distinction of being one of the oldest lakes in North America. With an estimated age of over 760,000 years,…
Shiprock, NM – Rising dramatically from the high-desert plain of the Navajo Nation in Northwestern New Mexico, Shiprock is more than just a striking geological feature. This towering rock formation,…
By Will Dunham (Reuters) – DNA obtained from the bones and teeth of ancient Europeans who lived up to 34,000 years ago is providing insight into the origin of the…
LIMA (Reuters) – Peruvian workers unearthed eight bundles of funeral belongings believed to be around 1,000 years old while installing a gas pipeline in capital Lima, archaeologists said on Friday,…
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A previously unknown ancient Maya city has been discovered in the jungles of southern Mexico, the country’s anthropology institute said on Tuesday, adding it was likely…
By Alvise Armellini SAN CASCIANO DEI BAGNI, Italy (Reuters) – One of Italy’s most remarkable archaeological finds in decades goes on show this month – Etruscan and Roman statues pulled…
By Mohamad Torokman BURQIN, West Bank (Reuters) – One of the world’s oldest churches, built on top of a cave in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and festooned with golden icons,…
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -Turkey cannot recover a 6,000-year-old marble idol from Christie’s and hedge fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt after waiting an unreasonably long time to claim it…
By Ali Kucukgocmen and Ezgi Erkoyun ANTAKYA, Turkey (Reuters) – Remnants of ancient Abrahamic history were destroyed when an earthquake flattened much of Antakya in southern Turkey last month, but…
NEW ORLEANS – On Wednesday, August 17, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the port of Memphis, TN intercepted an ancient Egyptian artifact shipped from Europe. The shipment…
(This August 14 story refiles to fix typo in para 17) By Paresh Dave OAKLAND, Calif – America’s tech giants are taking a modern-day crash course in India’s ancient caste…
By Guy Faulconbridge LONDON – Russian President Vladimir Putin is betting on an ancient weapon more powerful than any of the missiles now being supplied by the United States and…
LOS ANGELES – A British national was sentenced today to 36 months in federal prison for defrauding over 100 investors out of more than $8 million through a scheme…
By Manoj Kumar AGRA, India – In his small shoe factory in the Indian city of Agra, Rajesh Kumar, his two brothers and three workers have been sitting idle for…
By Jennifer Rigby and Emma Farge LONDON/GENEVA – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the director general of the World Health Organization (WHO), will have history on his mind when he hosts almost…
LOS ANGELES – Special Agents with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) in Ventura, California returned ancient artifacts to the Republic of Iraq Thursday. The ceremony…
Archaeologists discovered two ancient shipwrecks off the Mediterranean cost filled with ancient coins from 2,000 years ago, the Associated Press reported. Artifacts from the discovery, made near the ancient city…
LOS ANGELES – A resident of the Mount Washington neighborhood of Los Angeles pleaded guilty today to defrauding more than 100 investors out of approximately $8.3 million through a…