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BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

A 2,000-year-old Herculaneum scroll buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is filled with lost words that scholars can now ...

The ancient faith dating back to 1700 B.C. is in danger of becoming extinct if its dwindling followers don't find a way to ...

When it comes to chronicling the past, it seems there are basically two ways discoveries are made: either they’re the result ...

Surprising, bold, and enduring… the history of eroticism in the Arab-Muslim world shines a spotlight on homosexuality and the ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

New genetic evidence traces the roots of English, Sanskrit, and hundreds of other languages to a group of hunter-gatherers in ...

Scientists say that the two lost, but extremely important books by Apollonius, the Greek mathematician known to the ancient ...

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Before the internet and telephone, societies relied on homing pigeons to relay important news across long distances. Here are ...