A 3,000-year-old Pharaonic inscription of Ramses III has been found in Jordan’s Wadi Rum, revealing Egypt’s ancient ties.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American leader of the Roman Catholic Church, died on Monday. He was 88, and had suffered a serious bout of double pneumonia. Following are reactions to his death: U.S.

Light can tie knots—literally. Engineers at Duke University have managed to manipulate laser beams to form intricate 3D patterns called optical knots, using custom-designed optics. These twisted beams ...

While inspecting a sumptuous villa in Rome, an electrician stumbled across long lost works by the Baroque painter Carlo Maratta.