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 ...

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Human and animal figures fight with daggers on the walls of Nineveh’s ... The famed Hanging Gardens of Babylon, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, may have been in Nineveh.

Cyrus the Great (590-529 BCE) was known as an innovative warrior and a benevolent king. He expanded the Achaemenid Dynasty to ...

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 ...

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 ...

The discovery adds to a growing body of ancient art known in Southeast Asia that changes some long-standing ideas about when and where humans started showing our defining cognitive traits.

Alaska's fresh waters 73 million years ago were teeming with the ancient relatives of today's salmon, pike and other northern fish. A new article has named three new species of fish from that time ...

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