Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

A Jewish organization helped him flee as a teen. Years later as a US soldier, my father went in search of the parents he'd ...

Long before Cleopatra and Hatshepsut, Ankhnespepy II amassed unprecedented political and religious power. Here's how.

The ability to endure despite hardships is the grit that defined many families making Mid-Missouri their home.

The Holy Roman Empire, despite the name, was Germanic, but why was it called Roman if it had nothing to do with the Romans?

With the mention of Yendi, what usually comes to mind is its revered status as the traditional capital of the Dagbon Kingdom and the seat of the Overlord, the Ya-Na ...

Wondering whether your child's name would go down well in high society? Tatler has revealed the naming trends loved by the ...

British conchologists (mollusc shell experts) and citizen scientists have teamed up to track a rare snail. The German hairy snail (Pseudotrichia rubiginosa) may not sound like a native British species ...

An expert has predicted the baby names set to soar in 2026 - and says pop culture-inspired names such as Zendaya and Charli are on their way out. Sophie Kihm, 28, has forecast the baby name trends ...

Scientists are racing to locate a tiny, ancient German hairy snail in London. It is rare, fragile and clings to survival in tidal rivers. Conservationists seek to map and protect its remaining UK ...

Long before modern humans arrived in Europe, early members of the human family tree were engineering wooden spears to hunt prey along the shores of an ancient lake in central Germany. Nearby animal ...

As of today, Christianity is the most dominant religion in Germany, with a high rate of atheism in the East. This, however, has not always been the case, as there have been notably other religions and ...