A doctor showcases a wearable chair device in an operating room, designed to provide seated support while remaining mobile.

The big boat slid downriver so gently you could barely feel its motion. On sultry afternoons you could lounge on the top deck and watch the farmers at work in the fertile lands beside the water, much ...

River cruising expands well beyond its European stronghold as American travelers fuel demand for longer itineraries, more ...

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.

Through nine questions, from the merely intriguing to the existential and utterly bonkers, this special feature confronts the staggering vastness of the cosmos and our place in it.

The real surprise wasn't the Pyramids of Giza, but what lay beyond Cairo.

To Andre Neveling, the hippy vibe in Bali feels less like a genuine search for peace and more like an overdone tourist trend.

From pyramids and mummies to gods and pharaohs, every secret of ancient Egypt leads back to one great river: the Nile. The Nile shaped everything in Egypt. It not only was seen as the source of life ...

Jetavanaramaya, a colossal fourth-century Sri Lankan stupa, was once among the world’s largest structures — a vast and ancient brick-built engineering marvel born out of religious rivalry that has ...

Eva Anagnostou-Laoutides receives funding from the Gerda Henkel Foundation. Michael B. Charles does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would ...

The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his tomb.