His armor is “a wonder to behold,” his horses ... the museum aiming to place the classical world in context (Egypt and Persia came first). As the museum’s director Timothy Potts rightly ...

Exodus, the upcoming game from a few veteran game developers who worked on the original Mass Effect trilogy, has a hub world.

"Out beyond ideas of conquest and colonization lies a legacy of knowledge that shaped the world." — Inspired by Rumi India, a ...

READING books is about enlarging the imagination and opening out possibilities that one may not have considered or about ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets ...

The discovery has sparked excitement among archaeologists, who believe the site was once a thriving settlement, possibly linked to the Roman Empire’s frontier with ancient Persia. Çayır ...

Ancient Iranians celebrated the sun's triumph over darkness on the year's longest night, welcoming longer days ahead. According to Persian calendars, Cheleh marks the sun's rebirth. The concept of ...

More than a dozen ancient gold tongues have been discovered in a cemetery at the site of Oxyrhynchus in Egypt. Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered 13 ancient mummies with gold tongues and ...

Jan. 8, 2025 — Researchers have unearthed two fossils, named Punk and Emo, revealing that ancient molluscs were more complex and adaptable than previously ...

The “No to Executions Tuesdays” campaign reported that at least 40 people were executed in Iran in recent days. The group released a statement, obtained by VOA, that comes amid the 47th ...

The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...

Karl Mischke … in discussing the origin of the Arabic numerals, points out that the Roman numerals from 1 to 10 originated from the primitive custom of reckoning on the fingers of the two hands ...