PERHAPS the history of Islam is incomplete without a mention of Egypt. This is an ancient country that has pioneered world civilisation in all ramifications. Over a span of 50 centuries, the banks of ...

Many people think that the calendar we use today stems from ancient Rome. While the current version, known as the Gregorian ...

Locating a historic shipwreck is only the beginning. One ancient Egyptian vessel may take us literally hundreds of years to ...

Discovered in a remote Ottoman town in 1884, the Madaba Map is both a masterpiece of Byzantine design and a working map of Jerusalem and the sixth-century ... undertook the first extensive surveys ...

On February 12, 1898, Loret and his team discovered the tomb of Thutmose III, one of Egypt’s greatest military kings, who conquered territory as far north as Syria in the mid-15th century B.C ...

Marc Ribot’s Map of a Blue City is uneven ... goes in several directions with the prevailing theme about feeling lost. Even though this is the first time Ribot has added vocals, this is not of the ...

Famously, at the quantum scale, particles can be in multiple possible locations at once. A particle’s state spreads out like a wave, peaking where the particle is likely to be found. When you measure ...

A 1,400-year-old crown found in a tomb in Gyeongju, South Korea is among recent archaeological discoveries. Photo from Korea Heritage Service The summaries below were drafted with the help of AI ...

Early Studios and the Medium’s First Century," slated to open its doors on June 10. This temporary display digs into the origins of photography in the Volunteer State, pairing early ...

Sharm El Sheikh has officially become Egypt’s first city to be recognized as a “Green City” by the global Local Governments for Sustainability (ICLEI) network. This significant achievement was ...

Egypt and Saudi Arabia are close to establishing a high-speed rail link, the first between the two Arab countries. Specialists on both sides pin hopes on the project to increase trade and ease the ...