Archaeologists from the U.S. and Guatemala recently announced the discovery of an altar buried in the ancient ruins of ... University archaeologist and National Geographic Explorer Francisco ...

This story appears in the February 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine ... bookended in history by two civilizations that loom much larger in the popular imagination: the Moche, whose ...

Titanic: The Digital Resurrection, a new National Geographic documentary streaming ... to the hard drive footprint of six million e-books). To create it, two remote-operated robots romantically ...

When daily newspapers and mainline Protestant denominations and Elks Lodges fade into irrelevance, when sit-down restaurants and shopping malls and colleges begin to trace the same descending arc, ...

Now that the political situation had improved and an agreement had been reached with the National Geographic Society ... we can do to show off our ancient civilization—here and abroad—makes ...

In the 2012 reconstruction of this 1947 adventure, six amateur Scandinavian sailors—five of whom are tall, slim and valiant—build a replica of an ancient pre-Incan raft, christen it Kon-Tiki ...

“Stonehenge is more or less at the bottom of a really big national ... history. It’s been said the farther backward you look, the farther forward you are likely to see. In Book VII of his ...

That’s the Alan Seeger Natural Area in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania for you. Let me tell you something about Pennsylvania’s hidden treasures – they don’t announce themselves with neon signs or ...

In celebration of Earth Month and ahead of Earth Day, National Geographic has unveiled the ourHOME Sweepstakes, giving one winner the trip of a lifetime: An expedition to Antarctica for two.

In a study co-authored by a Texas A&M University scientist, researchers have revealed new insights into the geological ...

Twenty-five years ago, National Geographic Explorer Mei Zhang ... In that light, travelers on ancient trails aren’t just seeking out history—they’re actively participating in its ...