The idea may seem wild: digging a canal from the Atlantic, somewhere south of Morocco, to flood part of the Sahara and create an inland sea. Yet, this project has been seriously considered several ...

There are fewer settings more grand, more exotic, more regal and opulent than ancient Egypt. So when Giuseppe Verdi, one of ...

Recent scientific research suggests that natural phenomena may explain the biblical account of Moses parting the Red Sea.

Festival is a time-honored tradition for the residents of Ireland, West Virginia in Lewis County, who began their yearly ...

If Moses really did cross part of the modern Red Sea, then it is generally considered more likely that the crossing would ...

President Donald Trump on Tuesday celebrated America’s re-acquirement of the Panama Canal from the Chinese. “My administration will be reclaiming the Panama Canal, and we’ve already started ...

A ‘mini-Suez’ canal is being built in Pakistan, costing the country £225 million. The Kachhi Canal Project is a 310-mile-long canal project situated in the Baluchistan and Punjab Provinces of ...

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A 5th century wooden ‘stitched ship’ – recreated using ancient stitching techniques and constructed using coconut fiber stitching, traditional wooden joinery, coir rope and natural resins and powered ...

This ancient period of deep freeze, known as the Neoproterozoic Era, or “Snowball Earth,” lasted from about 1 billion to 543 million years ago. During that time, landmasses consolidated into a ...

But those experts may have a surprising new answer thanks to new research that shows the ancient people of the Philippines and ISEA may have mastered seafaring well before anyone else. Proving ...