Unlike the Little Prince’s asteroid—which in the book had three volcanoes and a rose—Bésixdouze is a desolate, airless world. So far, its rotation period or exact shape have not been determined, as no ...

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A tiny object barely three centimeters tall has become the closest window we have into the appearance of the Vikings. It is a game piece carved in walrus ivory that, after more than two centuries in ...

In the Lesser Antilles, southeast of Puerto Rico, lies the small island of Montserrat, a British territory whose capital is one of a kind. It’s Plymouth, whose once-bustling streets now lie buried und ...

When writing was still inscribed on clay tablets and empires rose and fell under the weight of their own gods, the Assyrians ...

On the island of Madagascar, known for its unique biodiversity, an extraordinary creature once lived until just over a ...

In the German state of Hesse, right where the Nidder and Seeme rivers wind through fertile fields, stands a hill that holds ...

In Canyonlands National Park, near Moab in the U.S. state of Utah, stands one of the most mysterious geological formations on ...

In the year 968, Bishop Liutprand of Cremona embarked on a journey to Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire, on ...

In the Rhodope Mountains in southeastern Bulgaria, there is a place that seems taken from a legend—the ruins of the ancient city of Perperikon, carved directly into the rock. It is a place dominated ...

The Ottoman Empire was one of the main powers of the 15th and 16th centuries. Its colossal dimensions guaranteed it a military surplus that allowed it to recover from any defeat in a very short time, ...