Researchers Discover Two-Foot-Tall Buddha Statue, Shed Light on Trade Route Connecting Roman Empire to Ancient World ...

In this week's tale, he talks about the 'mysterious lady' on Bidston Hill. ONE spring morning in 1950, two men in their 40s - Albert Smith, a shopkeeper, and his friend Peter Ryan who had just come ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location ... Swathed in Arab robes, Burckhardt had to keep his excitement to himself.

While he was hated by many Athenians, who believed in democracy not monarchies or empires — and while, Cartledge says, some followers of Zoroastrianism, an ancient monotheistic religion ...

The shrine attracted global attention in 2016 when restorers uncovered remnants of an ancient tomb behind its ... Ethiopians in snow-white robes with indigo crucifixes tattooed on their foreheads.

Numerous previous studies have analyzed the composition of pastes and mortars used in ancient Egyptian construction. Some of ...

In 1862, an American antiquities dealer was in an Egyptian marketplace, squinting at a scroll. The scroll was written in hieratic, a type of ancient Egyptian cursive, and the dealer, Edwin Smith, wasn ...

The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian roots and its rediscovery by Renaissance ...

Ancient Egyptian person: Well it’s not! We need to know exactly when the river will flood, so that we plant our crops at the right time. That way, we can take advantage of all the nutrients left ...