NPR's Emily Kwong speaks with Sadeqa Johnson about her new novel THE KEEPER OF LOST CHILDREN and discovering the story of mixed-race children who were left in German orphanages following World War II.

This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

Carnival, a spectacle celebrating African deities and Catholic saints alike, has become a battleground for religious groups in Brazil.

Ancient face engravings reappear out of the Negro River after historic drought and could rewrite ancient Amazonian origins.

The concentrations of lead and other toxic elements exceed FAO limits for children and could pose long term health issues.

As the son of archaeologists, National Geographic Explorer David Stuart spent his childhood wandering ancient Maya ruins—and helped shape what we know about the civilization today.

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen, already a gold medalist in these Winter Olympics, competes Monday in the slalom ...

Brazilian ski racer Lucas Pinheiro Braathen has turned in a powerful final run to win the Olympic giant slalom and earn South ...

Lucas Pinheiro Braathan stunned the competition to storm to Olympic giant slalom gold in Bormio and make history for South America ...

Lucas Pinheiro Braathen makes history for Brazil by clinching his nation's first Winter Olympic medal with gold in the giant slalom.

For Kleber Mendonça Filho, filmmaking is an act of both provocation and preservation. Mendonça was born in 1968, in the early years of a ruthless military dictatorship—a time when cinema, like much ...