What it is: A clay tablet inscribed with the oldest known map of the ancient world Where it is from: Abu Habba (Sippar), an ...

One of the oldest examples ever found and one of only a handful known in the world, the astronomical ... top—returning to the same position every 25,920 years. This is called the precession ...

The map shows which countries are growing faster than the U.S. The data includes birth rates and net migration for each country. "Most countries with high rates of population growth...share a ...

"These newly reported discoveries [of mass graves] confirm our darkest fears. The people of Ukraine and the world deserve to ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around ... there are descriptions of eight outlying regions known as nagu, each with a brief description. Measuring 4.8 inches ...

Legend has it that a headless sculpture of the god Yaxachtun at the site formerly terrified the local Lacandon people, who feared that the world ... a history of Copán written in stone. Each ...

According to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau, the national median age in 2022 was 39 years old. Factors like local conditions, demographics and industry influence the average age in each ...

Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer says its automatic takeoff system will improve safety by reducing pilot workload, as ...

“We have resettled 75 families to Richmond from Ukraine. … We find them a sponsor; we meet them when they get here. We ...

Brooklyn, Illinois, is the oldest, and one of the few surviving, majority-Black incorporated towns in the U.S. Archaeologists ...

It took about 70 people from 15 different countries and more than 8,000 exchanged messages to crack the case.

From across the globe, these are some of the strangest places to live. From villages where the buildings are underground to a ...