In the early 20th century, architects and artists like Hugh Ferriss drew on the myths and monuments of ancient Babylon to ...

The most famous gay lover of Roman Emperor Hadrian, Antinous was known for his physical attractiveness and intelligence. He ...

The Sumerians lived in Mesopotamia from about 4500 to 1750 B.C.E., and developed a number of technologies that changed the ...

From Greek goddesses to Norse heroes, these legendary names come with built-in stories. These names are perfect for your baby ...

The Greek queen of Egypt Cleopatra is associated with a very public love affair with Roman leader Julius Caesar apart from ...

Most big collections have only a fraction of their items on display, with the rest locked away in storage. But not at the new ...

Three tombs 'made by pure Egyptian hands' have been found in the archaeological site of Dra Abu el-Naga on the Luxor West Bank, Egypt.

She previously uncovered a growing pattern of knife crime against women in ... necropolis of ancient Memphis, is one of Egypt's most important archaeological sites. Home to the famous Step Pyramid ...

While Ra was her most famous consort, Hathor was believed to have had romantic ... As the goddess of motherhood and fertility, Hathor was an especially important deity among ancient Egyptian women.

It formed about a thousand years after Mesopotamia’s Sumer, at around the same time the ancient Egyptians built the pyramids. The Caral people predate the more-famous Olmec civilization ...