Officials have announced a number of discoveries during excavations around the valley temple of the powerful Egyptian queen, ...

A new exhibition spotlights James Tissot, whose paintings and prints reflected women’s ever-evolving roles in Victorian ...

Urban planners from Mexico City to Toulouse are adopting the high-flying mode of transit. Will it catch on elsewhere?

Ivan IV Vasilyevich was just a teenager when he was crowned czar and grand prince of all Russia on January 16, 1547. Today, ...

The only constitutionally mandated event on Inauguration Day is for the president-elect to take the oath of office. But on ...

Earth-bound landmarks ravaged by war, climate change, tourism and other threats also landed in the World Monuments Watch ...

After its owner submitted the piece to an online appraisal service, auction house specialists realized it had been ...

Built by Firefly Aerospace and Ispace, the pair of spacecraft will land separately in the moon's northern latitudes, conduct ...

The United Kingdom’s Royal Mint is releasing a new coin honoring George Orwell on the 75th anniversary of his death. The £2 ...

A new study sheds light on tattoo designs found on more than 100 mummies from Chancay culture, a group that lived on the ...

This year, the Institution’s museums are bringing to the public everything from the flair of state fairs to the artwork of ...

It’s never too early to plan your getaways for the coming year, and you’ll find a rich range of choices among Smithsonian ...