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

A British archaeological mission from the University of Manchester unearthed the ruins of the ancient city of Imet at Tell al ...

PERHAPS the history of Islam is incomplete without a mention of Egypt. This is an ancient country that has pioneered world ...

The fact that Ramesses II lived to around age 90 was, in itself, quite a feat in ancient Egypt. At the time "most people died ...

One well-known superstition which governs our use of the faithful umbrella refers to bad luck being cast upon us if we put one up inside the house. But why is it considered bad luck? One explanation ...

A plant used by the ancient Greeks for medicine, food and even contraception, was one of the most sought-after goods in the ...

Gambling has been with us since time immemorial, though the way we approach and regard gambling couldn't be more different today from what it was in the ancient world. The ancient Egyptians are among ...

Have you ever felt thunder shake the windows or watched lightning split the sky and wondered who—or what—might be behind such ...

THE opening of a mega-museum – home to the famous “cursed” coffin – has been postponed again over war tensions. Cairo’s Grand ...

It is also full of mentions of foods that have stood the test of time. From bustling ancient marketplaces to modern American ...

The white expresses the kindness and the supreme divine conduct, and the color techelet expresses the judgment that is ...

The tenor and the accompanying essentialities of these military parades obviously differed, depending on the sort of nation or political system that it represented. In most dictatorial or ...