Magic was a part of everyday life for the ancient Egyptians. They believed that dark powers were everywhere and that they ...

By removing centuries of soot, researchers have uncovered the stunning decoration of a sanctuary dedicated to the heavens ...

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 ...

The Instructions of Amenemhat, also known as The Teaching of King Amenemhat I to His Son Senusret, is a literary work from ...

A closer look at the painting will show that there are many similarities between how ancient Chinese people enjoyed frolic on ice and modern day competitive sports.

For centuries, when families across China gathered for Lunar New Year’s Eve, they would while away the hours playing huluwen, an ancient board game that ... Sea Monsters” that features in a New Year ...

The colossal statue of Ramesses II hovers over visitors to this year's edition of Art Cairo, which returns to the headline-grabbing Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) for the third time. Under the title ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

near the German border Sonja Anderson In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia ...

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