Stars were "the heavenly writing"; a sheep's liver was "the tablet of the gods". You have a date palm with two tops? People here are hostile to you. Your gate creaks? You're at risk of attack. It was ...

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

The British Museum has introduced sensory-rich immersive experience in two galleries, working with design and innovation ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

King Charles III said "the act of remembering the evils of the past remains a vital task" as he met Holocaust survivors in Poland. He spoke at a Jewish community centre in Krakow ahead of becoming ...

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The library of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground in 612 BCE, but its contents survived. In the 1840s, archeologists excavating the ancient city of Nineveh found tens of thousands ...

LONDON, Jan 25 (Reuters) - Buckingham Palace published a new photograph of King Charles wearing a kilt made of a tartan named in his honour to mark the birthday of Scotland’s national poet ...

At a late-night inaugural ball on Monday, President Trump, flush with his restoration to power, began waving a ceremonial sword he had been given almost as if it were a scepter and he were a king.

More than the king of lions, Mufasa: The Lion King also managed to pull out a last-minute win at the box office over the 4-day Martin Luther King Jr. holiday weekend.