When more powerful forces attempt to exploit the creatures’ magical abilities ... seemingly ripped from the pages of a fanciful medieval world map. Not satisfied to stop at the narwhal ...

The material on the covers of books from a French abbey was too hairy to have come from calves or other local mammals.

The vast desert of the Arabian Peninsula was not always an arid landscape. A recent study reveals that this region was once home to a vast lake and river system. These favorable conditions fostered ...

The books hail from Clairvaux Abbey, founded in 1115 by Cistercian monks in northern France, and its daughter monasteries. Some tomes are nearly 900 years old. Researchers had thought they were ...

These findings indicate that contact between ancient communities on both sides of the Arabian Gulf resulted in shared musical traditions central to rituals and religious beliefs, Douglas’ team says.

That’s largely the case today, but 7,000 years ago the vast desert was an altogether different place: a verdant world of trees and ... Now, with the help of ancient DNA from mummified remains ...

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If you've never been to Washington, D.C. before, plan to spend some time along the Tidal Basin, an approximately 107-acre pond encircled by a 2.1-mile loop trail. Constructed to use the strong ...