Located in Malawi, the site could also be the world's earliest example of an in situ cremation pyre for an adult, according ...
Unlike the Egyptian pyramids, ziggurats were not places of royal burials, but temples dedicated to the patron deity of a city ...
Still, the fancy persists, implanted like a microchip, ever since Erich von Däniken’s 1968 best-seller, “Chariots of the Gods ...
The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...
The Sphinx sits right next to a pharaoh’s pyramid complex, which makes many historians think it was built to watch over his ...
Secretary General of the Nigerians in the Middle East and North Africa, Dr Anthonia Eddo, speaks to BIODUN BUSARI on ...
Long before Western astrology, the Chinese zodiac helped organize years, beliefs, and social life. Here’s how the system of 12 animals evolved over the centuries.
In 1761, Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of ...
But warnings from the fathers of democracy against the foolishness of avarice and pride are often ignored as evidenced by ...
In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...
Our modern calendar is the Gregorian calendar, named for Pope Gregory XIII, who reformed it in 1582 to correct some errors in ...
The Bible is filled with stories and each one can teach us much not only about God and ourselves, but also about human nature. While some of these have been ...