Petroglyphs on sandstone at a national park in Chad bear witness to wildlife that once roamed the area before the continent’s ...

Exactly how many master­pieces are held in community-based collections like the Abbey’s is anyone’s guess – as are the safeguards around them – and veteran curator Mr Strong says that’s not good ...

Five new areas of historical significance honoured ...

What are the main theories about the true nature and location of Atlantis? Was it on Sardinia, Crete, Africa, or was it just an allegory?

A new UN report says migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers in Libya are being forcibly rounded up and abused.

The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) and the UN Support Mission in Libya published a report on Tuesday detailing the systematic human rights violations and abuses suffered by migrants, refugees, and ...

Libya on Wednesday awarded oil and gas exploration blocks to foreign oil companies, including Chevron , Eni , QatarEnergy and ...

Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

Likely related to clashes between the kingdoms of Mercia and East Anglia, the site included the remains of a 6-foot-5 man who had undergone brain surgery ...

The victims are among at least 484 migrants who have died or gone missing in the central Mediterranean this year, according ...