A 2025 astronaut photo shows a massif made of concentric mountain ridges in the Libyan desert. The rocky walls contain ...

Penn State scientists uncovered an ancient bacterial defense where dormant viral DNA helps bacteria fight new viral threats. The enzyme PinQ flips bacterial genes to create protective proteins that ...

In the 4th century BC in Syracuse, an oracle told a potter his son would be a scourge and a tyrant of the Greek city.

Ports are built to welcome ships. Ptolemais appears to have done that, and quietly destroyed some of them, too. Off the coast ...

The ancient world was full of strange creatures and legends, the most famous being the Blemmyes. Historians like Pliny the ...

A team of Polish archaeologists working along the coast of modern-day Libya has identified what appears to be a concentration ...

Egypt is set to import at least 1 million barrels a month of Libyan oil to compensate for a halt in Kuwaiti crude supplies ...

Archaeologists from the University of Warsaw uncover a massive ancient shipwreck and submerged port infrastructure in Libya.

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The discovery of an old landing strip in Chad’s far north opens the door for an adventure in search of mysterious rock ...

After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, he embarked on a perilous journey to the Oracle at Siwa to seek answers to his questions.