Thousands of years before the events of The Lord of the Rings, the Men of Gondor conquered the Black Gate, the main entrance to Mordor.

Bilbo leaves the comforts of the Shire on a journey through Middle-earth to help the Dwarves reclaim their lost Kingdom of Erebor within the Lonely Mountain. Along the way, he is introduced to ...

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For millions of years, as the Arabian and Eurasian continental plates have drifted toward each other, the underground ancient ...

A stunning composite image, made up of three years' worth of satellite photos, shows the ancient lava of Libya's Haruj ...

Despite a steady decline in the middle class across the majority of the U.S., a handful of cities have begun to see the opposite. According to a new study, California in particular has several ...

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Nowhere else do the world’s political tensions manifest as vividly as in the Middle East. The region is once again under intense international scrutiny amid Israel’s incursion into Gaza ...