The development of knowledge is a continuous process shaped by cultural, geographical, and political dynamics .

The exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum features 500 objects and helps celebrate the museum's 200th anniversary.

At a time when the passage of time was dictated by the movement of the sun and the seasons, the introduction of “clock time” ...

More than 2,000 years ago, someone drafted a list of what they thought were the seven man-made wonders of the ancient world.

Credit: Jean-Pol GRANDMONT/Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 3.0 The beloved ancient Greek sculpture called “The Boxer at Rest” from 330-50 BC is one of the most realistic of all ancient Greek sculptures and ...

CAIRO: Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Sunday (Oct 27) proposed a two-day truce in Gaza and limited hostage exchange aimed at securing "a complete ceasefire" after more than a year of ...

This election is still a dead heat, according to most polls. In a fight with such wafer-thin margins, we need reporters on the ground talking to the people Trump and Harris are courting.

Disoveries of gate sanctuary from the Minoan period on Crete and a tomb dating from the time of Alexander the Great's father are seen as shedding important new light on Europe's oldest civilisation.

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

When video of a dog at the top of an Egyptian pyramid in Giza went viral last week, tens of millions of social media users were simultaneously delighted and baffled. How did the dog get up there ...