Many heroic Hindu rulers have had a rebirth of sorts. Folk tales are being dusted off and they’re now celebrated as cultural ...

The mechanism shows that the ancient Greeks had not just astronomical knowledge, but the mechanical ... but in ancient Egypt and Sumer, they were revolutionary tools. Around 4000 BCE, Egyptians ...

As a child I loved Easter, maybe even more than Christmas. Each year there was a new fancy dress, frilly socks, white patent ...

A newly spotlighted artifact from ancient Mesopotamia is offering a rare window into how one of the world’s earliest ...

Phaistos where an imposing palace once stood is, perhaps not as well known as Knossos, but a focal point of the history of ...

The king wears a necklace and bracelet containing images of flowers and other sacred symbols. Men in Mesopotamia traditionally are depicted ... The prominent trees are the Tree of Life and the Tree of ...