Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

The archaeological sites of Old Cairo are being transformed and upgraded as part of plans to turn the district into a more ...

The largest ancient cities offer more than just remnants of stone, but they tell the story of humanity's ambition. Discover them here.

With a vast treasure trove of the Dutch Golden Age, the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam houses more than 8,000 pieces of art and history. Works of great artists like Rembrandt, Vermeer, and Frans Hals can be ...

A look at the curved oval iconic representation of Shiva Lingam placed on a globular base which is found in the Sanctum Sanctorum Garbhagraha of all Shiva temples has given rise to diverse explanation ...

Ancient Mesopotamia ... that built the great cities of Babylon and Nineveh, famed for their towering ziggurats, temples, palaces, and city walls; composed evocative creation myths, epics, hymns, and ...

Assyriologist Irving Finkel investigated ancient Babylon’s relationship with the spiritual and occult. In particular, he looked at a cuneiform tablet from 1,500 B.C.E. which appears to offer ...

Born in Leeds, Joe finished his Spanish degree in 2018 before becoming an English teacher to football (soccer) players and managers, as well as collaborating with various football media outlets in ...

So Liu and colleagues searched databases of ancient Chinese poems for references to the porpoise, sometimes called the “river pig” or other nicknames. After ruling out references based on ...

Many ancient and modern pagan traditions, far from glorifying domination, emphasize reverence for nature, communal rituals, humility and the interdependence of all life. To equate all paganism ...