Nikheel Aphale’s art practice draws on  calligraphy with the Devanagari script as his muse. Devanagari is the script of his mother tongue, Marathi, and its ...

In the early Bronze Age, a piece of bread was buried beneath the threshold of a newly built house in what is today central ...

The Atlantic has a fascinating deep dive into khipus — long cords that the Inca tied knots into to preserve information. Few ...

For hundreds of years, Andean people recorded information by tying knots into long cords. Will we ever be able to read them?

Historians recently unveiled their findings about an ancient purple dye factory located in modern-day Israel — revealing a glimpse into life during biblical times. In an article recently ...

Roughly five millennia ago, a small band of nomads set out from their homeland around the Black Sea. On the wide-open grasslands of the steppe, they honed their skills as horsemen and herders and ...

The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was abandoned around 1180 B.C. Modern researchers are trying to find out why. At its height, the ancient city of Hattuşa, capital of the ...

For this guide, let’s head to the red forest on the outskirts of the Gestral Village known as the Ancient Sanctuary and track down the lone Paint Cage in this region. This guide will show ...

Acting heavyweights Seema Pahwa, Raghubir Yadav, Sanjay Mishra and Zakir Hussain are best at what they do, and their presence lends authenticity and meaning to the setting. Wamiqa Gabbi portrays ...

A legend involving an ancient doomsday prophesy could be interpreted to say Pope Francis' death marked the last head of the Catholic Church – but don't get too worried. The legend traces back to ...

It was filled with ancient metal artifacts, including two expertly crafted 2,300-year-old swords still in their sheaths—one of which was decorated with carved swastikas. Archaeologists from the ...

“The modern distinction between homosexuality and heterosexuality was completely alien to the ancient world,” writes Zuchtriegel. “Nobody had to commit themselves to a specific sexual ...