Discover the latest news, features and articles about ancient China's rulers, philosophy, and the Great Wall of China.

It is one of the most famous questions in science, and it was asked, as legend has it, over lunch. Enrico Fermi, the ...

Within Trump world, Western civilization is making a comeback. The fateful question is whether Western civilization will make ...

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

Ancient Mesopotamia produced some of the earliest written accounts of demons and supernatural beings. These creatures were not abstract myths but explanations for disease, storms, and sudden death.

For those seeking long-term continuity rather than short-term change, ancient Egypt offers a valuable point of reference.

From above, the building appears as a big, well-defined triangle with nearly straight sides that form an almost perfect ...

Submerged structures discovered in the Gulf of Khambhat were announced as a possible 9,500-year-old civilization. However, ...

Led by China's National Cultural Heritage Administration and the Ministry of Natural Resources, new guidelines with a particular focus on the zoning of "underground relic burial areas" have recently ...

Anyone familiar with the search for alien life will have heard of the "Goldilocks Zone" around a star. This is defined as the orbital band where the temperature is just right for liquid water to pool ...

Bill Maher criticized younger generations on "Real Time" Friday, saying kids don't understand Western civilization and think it's about oppression rather than democracy and rule of law.

Marco Rubio gave a speech Saturday to the Munich Security Conference in which he extolled an ideal that's supposedly long out of fashion.