The defeat of Astyages in an 18th century tapestry. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the 6th century BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of ...
The ruins of the ancient Greek port city of Adramytteion on Turkey's eastern coast emerged from the sea after sea levels ...
Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...
Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...
The Ga-Adangbe tribe is among the ethnolinguistic groups that have a rich and vibrant culture. It is made up of Ga and ...
Paestum and Velia are not only archaeological sites, but scenarios where the past comes to life, where culture intertwines ...
Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was documented by some European travellers in late 19th and early 20th centuries ...
A remarkable discovery off the southern coast of Sicily has revealed a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. It was buried under 20 feet ...
Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine.
He recalled he was taught that the antiquity of the Iron Age in India did not go beyond the 6th Century BC. “Now it has gone from 6th century BC to about 2500 BC. I am very proud to think that ...
Kiss Day celebrates an intimate gesture that delivers limitless feelings through its simplicity without the need for spoken ...
Love is in the air in the hollers of Brown County. Whether you are cuddling up this year with a significant other, friend, ...