Mount Tambora, an imposing stratovolcano that before 1815 reached an altitude of more than 4,300 meters, was the scene of the ...

Nine families belong to Bali’s royalty and they are all descendants of the ancient Klungkung Kingdom. Once rulers of the island, they now serve important religious and cultural roles.

From tourist taxes to caps, here are the holiday hotspots taking measures to bring down escalating visitor numbers ...

In the far reaches of Asia, ancient humans had spread to many of the islands of modern-day Indonesia and Malaysia. On one now known as Flores, east of Java and Bali, they evolved into a dwarfed ...

Lake sediments from Germany also hint at drastically reduced sunlight around this time, while tree rings from Germany and the United States suggest several incidents of frost during growth seasons.

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

A Melbourne woman has died in Bali, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has confirmed. Courtney Mills's family says the 37-year-old died on Sunday after reportedly falling off a ...

Located primarily in the state of Wyoming and covering over 2.2 million acres packed inside an ancient caldera, Yellowstone National Park is the crown jewel of the National Park Service, evidenced by ...

Here’s how it works. An ancient and enigmatic stone circle in the Middle East may not be a prehistoric astronomical observatory after all, according to a new study of satellite images.

But using ice cores and other ancient data points allows scientists to peer much deeper into the past, and establish that the climate today is likely warmer than it has been in 120,000 years.