The history is always sketchy,” said Rich Beal, a Mongolia-based guide for Koryo Tours who, by his count, has visited the ...

The fiery pit has been burning for over 50 years, fed by methane gas leaking out from the Earth, but while it may be dimming ...

Rarely does an industrial accident develop into a major tourist attraction. But when a Soviet exploratory team drilled for natural gas in Turkmenistan more than 50 years ago, they are said to have set ...

Harrat Khaybar, a vast volcanic field in northwestern Saudi Arabia, has emerged as a treasure trove of Neolithic archaeology, according to researchers drawing on satellite imagery, field surveys, and ...

Satellite images from May 2020 showed a roaring pit; recent accounts describe a much weaker flame.