Thousands of ancient petroglyphs in Egypt’s Western Desert face imminent loss as changing conditions threaten their preservation. In Egypt’s remote Western Desert, thousands of prehistoric petroglyphs are being worn away by a combination of...

Nazi archaeologists distorted Bronze Age rock carvings, falsely claiming these ancient artworks were encoded messages from a mythical master race. During the 1930s, the Nazi organization known as the Ahnenerbe launched an ambitious but scientifically...