Four Smithsonian museums on the National Mall remained closed Tuesday as crews worked to resolve heating, ventilation and air ...

The inscription came during the 47th session of the UNESCO World Heritage Committee in Paris, under the ‘Cultural Landscape’ ...

The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

The artifacts at the heart of “Relooted” are real and “are of huge cultural, historical, and spiritual significance to the ...

The discovery of the oldest known wooden structure at Kalambo Falls in Zambia has flung open the door into a new chapter of ...

An immersive new exhibition at the Intrepid Museum in New York City spotlights the science and technology behind the ...

African jurists have called on the African Union to establish a parliamentary framework on the continent that will help ...

A multidisciplinary research team has announced the discovery of 300,000-year-old well-preserved wooden artifacts at the ...

On a decades-old recording, James Brown says it loud. In a 1928 lithograph, Aaron Douglas channels the “Charleston.” ...

A new DNA model suggests humans didn't reach Australia until 50,000 years ago, but archaeological data disagrees.

For the first time, scientists have sequenced the oldest and complete DNA set of an ancient Egyptian man, dating to when the ...

The Senate Committee on Reparation and Repatriation has hosted a high-level consultative forum with African diplomats, a landmark move to confront the lingering injustices of colonialism and chart ...