Many of the 33 mummies uncovered near Chiclayo, Peru, were those of girls—a rarity, experts say. Their throats slit, the girls were probably killed in a bid for agricultural fertility. Video.
A richly decorated canine skeleton and unbroken plaster seals add to clues that a site at the heart of Mexico City could be the only known—and unlooted—tomb of an Aztec king.
Although the ethnic minority known as the Uygurs have autonomy in their homeland in western China, clashes with the country's Han majority are frequent. Find out more about the culture embroiled in the recent riots with exclusive pictures of life among the Uygurs.
Special fog-catching nets that can pull hundreds of gallons a day out of the air are helping conservationists in Peru bring water to rain-starved communities.
A bull gets chased into the sea in Spain, India's homosexuals celebrate, and a Washington, D.C., panda gets a "veggie-sicle" birthday cake in this week's best news photos.
About two thousand people took to the streets of Pamplona for the first of eight bull runs, finishing the course in a quick two-and-a-half minutes.Video.
The Tower of Hercules, a sacred mountain, and royal tombs are among the sites recognized for their universal value to humanity during a 2009 World Heritage Committee session.
Before it reopens on the Fourth of July, get an insider's eye on the Statue of Liberty--the inside of her face, the little-known ladder to the torch, and more.
As the Statue of Liberty's crown is readied for reopening this Fourth of July, stock up on intriguing Lady Liberty facts for this weekend's barbecue banter.
Despite falling nearly ten stories from it and losing a child in 2008, the Combatas—like the other seven families of a Bolivian village—continue using a crucial river-spanning cable. Video.
From glass pyramids to towers of greenhouses, see some of the concepts that architects have created for vertical farms, a proposed strategy for growing crops year-round at the hearts of urban centers.
The one-acre human-made cave in the Jordan Valley, thought to have begun as a quarry, may later have been converted for other uses, including a monastery or a hideout for persecuted Christians.
