Ancient DNA recovered from a series of skeletons in central Germany up to 7500 years old has...
Ancient
The earliest imprints of human activities in India go back to the Paleolithic Age, roughly between 400,000...
For a long time, Baghdad was one of the wealthiest cities in the world. Today many people...
A region of dry grasslands and fertile river plains, the Middle East was the natural home to...
India’s history and culture is dynamic, spanning back to the beginning of human civilization. Introduction The history...
The Herodian dynasty is named after Herod the Great, who was recognized as king of the Jews...
Israel was a regional superpower, but unable to retain its independence in the face of Assyrian imperialism....
Roman religion and tolerance for others drastically began to change following the Edict of Milan. Introduction Constantinian...
Balances of power and ambitious pursuits. Introduction A triumviratus is literally a college of three men. In the ancient...
A study investigate how Phoenicians integrated with the Sardinian communities they settled. By Tessa Gregory The Phoenicians...
Phoenician is a Canaanite language closely related to Hebrew. Introduction Very little is known about the Canaanite...
The absence of a glorification of war in China was largely due to Confucian philosophy and literature....
There were over 200 gods and goddesses worshipped throughout ancient China, but if one were to count...
Vedic religion had a strict code of rituals. Introduction The religious practices of the early Indo-Aryans, known...
An overview of the earliest form of writing known in the Indian subcontinent. By Cristian ViolattiHistorian Introduction...
Symbols in a largely illiterate society serve the vital purpose of relaying the most important values of...
“Did the public have a voice in the development of a theocratic city?” As University of Tennessee...
The ancient Egyptians experienced the same wide array of disease that people do in the present day....
In short, the new fragment reveals a vision of humanity as a process of maturation that unfolds...
How a research team identified parasites in ‘hygiene sticks’ that travellers on the Silk Road effectively used...
The Silk Road provided a conduit not only for silk, but also offered a very important path...
The great commercial and trading connections between Mesopotamia and Dilmun were strong and profound. Introduction Dilmun, or Telmun,[2]...
The Wadi Suq culture defines human settlement in the United Arab Emirates and Oman in the period...
Umm an-Nār in the area of modern-day United Arab Emirates and Northern Oman. Introduction Umm al-Nar (Arabic: أُمّ الـنَّـار, translit....
Modern Taoists in China (and elsewhere) worship many gods at private altars and in public ceremonies which...
Humans have crafted garments for more than 40,000 years—and prehistoric tools suggest that warmth wasn’t their only...
A key requisite for the use and appreciation of all beads and pendants is a level of...
There are lessons from ancient history that could prove instructive. A caravan of Goths – the Thervingi...
Navigation of the sea is shown to have commenced in the order of one million years ago....
Most Carthaginian gods were inherited from the Phoenicians, but these were adapted, and their names and functions...