The word graffiti is Italian and first attested in that language in the middle of the 19th century. It derives from the Greek verb grapho, meaning to scratch, draw or write; modern languages are full ...

Below the Clouds” and Werner Herzog’s “Ghost Elephants” offer thrilling but troubled visions of a world in environmental flux.

Across history, some of the world’s most advanced cities have vanished beneath ash, mud, water, and sediment. Unlike cities destroyed by war, these were overwhelmed by forces far beyond human control, ...