Nubian kings ruled Egypt for less than 100 years. Their influence lasted centuries.
Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...
Archaeologists Find Remains of Six-Fingered Shaman in Ancient Grave
Archaeologists uncovered the remains of a six-fingered shaman who they believe held significant spiritual power in the ...
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Archaeologists discover remains of ancient mystic with six fingers
Archaeologists excavating a Neolithic tomb in Jeruslaem found the remains of an ancient shaman who lived 9,000 years ago.
Archaeologists Discovered the Pieces of a Fifth-Century Board Game. They Tell a Big Story.
The games in questions could be either Ludus Latrunculi or Doudecim Scripta, both of which were known board games played with bone pieces by Roman soldiers in the fifth century. Celikbas said both are ...
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The Role of Serpents in Ancient Mythology
As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?
The origins of the red carpet are more sinister than you’d think
The red carpet: a place for the glamorous to pout their lips, dip their hips, and revel in each other’s fabulousness, while ...
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Cleopatra, The Greek Queen of Ancient Egypt
Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.
Ancient alphabetic writing unearthed by UC Santa Cruz professor remains a mystery
While still a graduate student at Johns Hopkins University, UC Santa Cruz professor Elaine Sullivan unearthed ancient ...