When archaeologists first began digging into a curved, red-brick ruin in the northern Sinai Desert, they expected to ...

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Inside the beautifully brutal trail network rewriting the rules of European adventure travel.

In Lubra, Nepal’s last Bon village, climate-driven floods are destroying homes and land, endangering ancient traditions.

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"What goes on in Antarctica doesn't stay in Antarctica—it has global implications," Geology tauira Natalie-Jane Reid says. Reid is one of two Otago Ph.D. candidates who contributed to an Antarctic ...

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Spectacular marine fossils tell the story of the long-gone Western Interior Seaway and the planet’s past aquatic life ...

The Oromo are the largest ethnic group in Ethiopia. Wikimedia Commons Drawing on his research into Oromo traditions and customs, Bekalu Wachiso Gichamo explains how Namummaa shapes ideas of conflict ...