Ancient Egyptians and Giants in the Grand Canyon In 1908, President Teddy Roosevelt wanted to declare the Grand Canyon ...

An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, ...

I’m slathered in thick black mud from head to toe – on purpose. And I’m thrilled by the experience. That’s because I’m at the ...

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more imaginative approaches to faith.

The "Blue Marble" was the first photo of the whole Earth and the only ever taken by a human. Fifty years on, new images of ...

Seven environmental activists from around the world will be awarded the Goldman Environmental Prize on April 21. Known as the “Green Nobel Prize,” the Goldman Prize honors activists from the six ...

The pair had been buried that afternoon, and when a rumor spread that another Christian was using the church to perform black magic ... treasures culled from Egypt’s desert monasteries.

Behind the creation of the festival's most iconic and outrageous costumes – from wardrobe malfunctions to insider tips and ...

First, the “D” of Dark Spirituality stands for difficulty. When life challenges you, burn brightly without concern for ...

For the past decade, the “Ghost of Reem Island,” as she was referred to in the press, has haunted me.

The Aral Sea's disappearance displaced 1.1 billion tons of water, causing Earth’s mantle to rise. A silent, human-made shift ...

Boris Berezovsky, the Russian oligarch, was found hanged in his Sunningdale home in March 2013. Born to Ashkenazi Jewish parents, Berezovsky converted to Russian Orthodoxy in 1994. His leap of ...