The first full ancient Egyptian genome reveals ancestry from both North Africa and Mesopotamia. The individual likely worked ...

Before Egypt’s dynasties, rural rituals and astral burials shaped beliefs that later defined the divine and sacred order.

Many people think that the calendar that we use today stems from ancient Rome, which the current version that we use, known as the Gregorian calendar does, but the basics of it were already invented ...

Nefertari was the beloved wife of Rameses II, and her extravagant tomb proves it. Its restored paintings tell an interesting ...

Greek mythology is filled with powerful gods, each with their own domain, personality, and drama. This video quickly breaks down the key Olympians (and a few others), so you can understand who’s who ...

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The Dalai Lama turned 90 on Sunday surrounded by thousands of followers, who thronged the Himalayan town of Dharamshala, where the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism has been living in exile since ...

Hamas says it has given a “positive” response to the latest proposal for a ceasefire in Gaza but said further talks were ...

It was and is an astounding, epoch-altering, world-historical event and declaration. And it’s at this point, of course, that readers might expect a little throat clearing: a few “to be sures” ...

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Impressive in size, design and content, the GEM’s opening may be tainted by politics and connotations of authoritarianism ...