On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

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Behind every city and town name in Pakistan lies a tale — of empires, saints and historical evolution. Muhammad Omar Iftikhar ...

Lavashak, a traditional Persian snack made from fruit paste, is experiencing a spectacular revival thanks to TikTok.

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

An underrated historical manga by Fullmetal Alchemist and Legend of the Galactic Heroes creators is reaching its conclusion.

The Kurds have spent a century fighting for autonomy and confronting brutal repression by Turkey, Syria, Iraq, and Iran.

The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...

Researchers made the new discoveries during field work at the Bronze Age site of Kurd Qaburstan. The research provides insights into regional heritage and fills gaps in knowledge about how ancient ...