Rumor was rampant that an army comprised of the lost tribes was marching up through Africa in the direction of Mecca. The Turkish authorities became concerned. In 1666, Shabbetai Zevi was arrested ...

Tudor Parfitt, the protagonist of the NOVA documentary "Lost Tribes of Israel," made a journey through southern Africa to study the unusual traditions of a black African tribe called the Lemba.

De Bettio’s image displays a wonderfully close relationship between an endangered pangolin and the man who rescued it from a wildlife market in Nigeria, West Africa. Photographing the power ...