(NEXSTAR) – Pope Francis, whose death was announced Monday, was one of the oldest pontiffs to serve as the head of the Catholic Church. Francis died at the age of 88 amid ongoing health issues ...

Initially, researchers believed the mummy was less than 2,000 years old, but radiocarbon dating conducted in 1997 revealed that the body had actually been resting in the cave for 10,700 years ...

(AP) But NASA's oldest serving astronaut Don Pettit became a septuagenarian while hurtling towards the Earth in a spacecraft to wrap up a seven-month mission aboard the International Space Station ...

Toddler finds stone which turns out to be 3,800-year-old artifact with Biblical background New UK airline reveals long-haul flight serving Laurent-Perrier champagne in economy Seven surprising ...

Hong Kong’s oldest and largest pro-democracy political party is moving to disband as Beijing’s sweeping crackdown on the city leaves even moderate opposition groups with no room to operate.

Humans have been cooking food for tens of thousands of years, but the oldest known recipes are much younger. | Credit: farluk via Getty Images Cooking how-to videos, recipe blogs and mass-produced ...

Nagpur: Tales of valour and the centuries-old craft of moulding stones into sculptures and advanced weaponry came alive during a Heritage Walk held at Central Museum on Friday. Visitors were taken ...

Created in the year c.3000 BCE, the Citadel of Aleppo, located in Aleppo, Syria is the oldest and largest castle in the world. Built atop a hill in Aleppo, the castle was declared a UNESCO World ...

At the time of her death, she was the oldest-known gorilla in the world. In the early hours of Jan. 17, 2017, Columbus lost one of its best-known female celebrities, Colo. The western lowland ...