Category: The Gaurdian

Well-preserved fourth-century quarters reveal details of daily life, urban development and economic activities Archaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a well-preserved Byzantine-era city in the western desert. The fourth-century quarters had residential and religious structures, including a basilica-style church in the Dakhla oasis. Archaeologists also found coins, pottery fragments and tools. ...

Up to 30 million people expected to attend delayed events for Ali Khamenei, killed at start of war with US and Israel The funeral of the former Iranian supreme leader has begun as the gates of the sprawling Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran let in thousands of mourners who ...

Thousands gathered at the gates of the Grand Mosalla mosque in central Tehran for the funeral of the former Iranian supreme leader. Iran is staging mass funeral processions for Ali Khamenei, whose ⁠37-year reign was brought ⁠to an ​end in February by the first airstrike of the war launched by ...

We assess the standing of the nations who played in the tournament’s last 32 before the next round of games begins Les Bleus look unstoppable – all six of our judges ranked them No 1. Sweden did their best to cope with the French front four but were blown away ...

As allegations of LLM use rock the literary and media worlds, linguists explain what really distinguishes human and machine language, while novelists including Jennifer Egan and Jeanette Winterson reflect on the future of fiction in an age of ChatGPT Three paragraphs, from three different hotel reviews. Can you tell which, ...

From the gold rush to civil rights, the moon landing to 9/11, the US has always understood, mythologised and sold itself through the power of the still image The United States was founded in 1776, but did not begin to see itself until the autumn of 1839, when daguerreotypes, the ...

Ghana can only have feared the worst when Luis Suárez’s number came up in the seventh minute. A day on from the 16th anniversary of one of the most infamous episodes in World Cup history, the Colombia forward who shares a name with the man whose handball broke the hearts ...

⚽️ Kick-off time: 6pm local/8am AEST/11pm BST⚽️ Egypt edge Australia on penalties | Mail Tom Lionel Messi will play in his 30th World Cup match tonight, extending his record for the most by a men’s player in their career. He’ll be joined by Lautaro Martinez in attack, while Julian Alvarez ...

The cultural phenomenon is beginning her latest era in a castle built inside Madison Square Garden. It’s the perfect celebration for our post-privacy age It is a cast-iron rule of the comments-section era that there is absolutely no celebrity you can write about without some person dialling in to post ...

Against a backdrop of sweeping rollbacks of civil rights and deteriorating relations with allies, many are feeling cynical As the United States prepares to mark its 250th anniversary on 4 July, the country faces a turbulent moment under the Donald Trump administration. The anniversary coincides with sweeping rollbacks of civil ...