When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Two decades after construction began, the Grand Egyptian Museum, which houses more than 100,000 ancient treasures, will host ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Have you ever wondered what life was like during the 1500s or what Olympic medals looked like in the early 1900s? You will ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history. Archaeologists from Egypt and the U.S. unearthed the tomb ...

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming ... from artifacts to human remains—like this ancient Nepalese child’s skull—without damaging them.

A new study reconstructing the Arabian Peninsula’s ancient past adds clues to how early humans left the African continent. Dromedary camels walk through sand dunes in the Arabian Desert near ...

Twenty-five years ago, National Geographic Explorer Mei ... For nomadic Bedouin communities in Jordan and Egypt, meanwhile, guiding visitors on the ancient trails draws on skills passed down ...

A common neurotoxin produced by algae blooms is making California sea lions more aggressive. Here’s why it has the power to change behavior—and the danger it poses. Rescuers capture a sick sea ...

There were just over 700 survivors. The 90-minute National Geographic documentary allows filmmaker Anthony Geffen “to reconstruct the ship’s final moments—challenging long-held assumptions ...

has released his latest geography map. March Madness will crown a champion today. Five teams (Connecticut-6, Duke-5, North Carolina-4, Kansas & Kentucky-3) have won a total of 21 titles in the ...

A digital map of ancient Greece and the known ancient ... The digital and freely accessible historical geography application PERIPLUS, which has been operating since May 2024 in the cyberspace of the ...