As researchers discover overlooked tattoos on mummies from around the world, it's prompting new insights about some of the ...

A discovery in a 1,100-year-old Wari outpost suggests that powerful, communal intoxicants may have helped foster alliances.

Known today as the “Black Belt,” the southeastern United States was once covered by an ancient sea—one that continues to shape modern history. Frank Toland is a park ranger for Tuskegee Airmen ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women, wine, and ...

The new fossil was unearthed in a remote part of Argentinian Patagonia—and had teeth comparable to a T. rex, says National Geographic Explorer Diego Pol. The fossil skull of Kostensuchus atrox, a ...