Until now, historians knew of Tamil traders reaching Egyptian ports such as Berenike along the Red Sea. However, these newly studied inscriptions indicate that merchants did not merely dock, trade, ...

Meuse river delta resisted population shifts that transformed most of Europe — until they helped catalyse the expansion of ...

Ancient Egypt is known for pyramids and pharaohs, but several powerful civilizations within it rose and fell long before the ...

Ancient Egypt did not worship just one or two major gods. It built an entire pantheon of over 100 powerful deities, each ...

The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation to be published in one volume. Ranging from the ...

Radishes originated in China thousands of years ago and gradually spread west. They became an important food of ancient Egypt, Greece, and Rome. The radish did not spread throughout the rest of Europe ...

Even walking the magnificent staircase leading to the exhibitions holds real grandeur; lined with statues of ancient kings and queens, a huge window on one of the upper floors gives a perfectly framed ...

New research shows Karnak Temple rose from an island created by the Nile, reshaping ideas about its origins. The site’s ...

Doctors used CT scans to study ancient Egyptian mummies, uncovering injuries, aging, and personal details without disturbing ...

A new study reveals that Egyptians were using a mechanically sophisticated drilling tool far earlier than previously suggested. Researchers at Newcastle University, and the Academy of Fine Arts, ...

Micah Sheldrake, 23, says her family has had multiple close calls - from weird accidents to a serial killer and illness ...

Perched on a high rock near Corinth are the remains of the Temple of Aphrodite, which once housed a thousand prostitutes.