The marble slab, which dates to between 300 and 500 C.E., is the oldest-known stone tablet inscribed with the Commandments.

Cue the panda cam: The Zoo’s two newest residents, Bao Li and Qing Bao, will make their debut in January Lonnie G. Bunch III ...

Although many picture L.A. with its vast sandy beaches to the west, the old Pueblo de Los Angeles actually formed further ...

Some of the gems may have featured in a royal scandal known as the "affair of the diamond necklace" that damaged the French ...

The architectural wonder re-established the designer as a titan of his generation and shifted the public's view of Modernism ...

The president's humble speech, delivered on this day in 1863, was filled with profound reverence for the Union's ideals—and ...

Since 1988, the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been naming America’s most endangered historic places, ...

Soon to be on display at the National Museum of American History, the laptop is the centerpiece of a criminal case that shows ...

Scientists analyzed the first and only rock samples from the region, which were brought back to Earth as part of a recent ...

A tiny gladiator figurine was used as a handle on a 2,000-year-old copper folding knife found in an English river, suggesting ...

Scientists are celebrating the recovery of the species in Yosemite National Park, where they were decimated by the ...

The amphibians are at the mercy of mining operations that are destroying their ecosystems, but local communities throughout ...