Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient ...

The papyrus or papyrus It is the writing surface manufactured by the ancient Egyptians by the stem of these aquatic ...

Across the ancient Mediterranean, few luxury commodities were as prized, rare, and expensive as Tyrian purple, a dye used in ...

The modern name comes from a Greek version of the ancient Egyptian name Abedju. The size of the 3,600-year-old limestone tomb chamber (shown from below and above) suggests that it was likely ...

Archaeologists in Israel have uncovered a 2,900-year-old factory that produced Tyrian purple dye — a luxurious commodity for ...

The country’s modern culture is permeated with traditions that date back thousands of years. This blend of ancient and contemporary is evident in everything from music, art, and architecture to ...

Modern life makes us tired, right? But research from societies in Africa and South America suggests people in the ancient world slept only 6.5 hours a night.

The first mental illness attributed to women, and one of the most prolific for four millennia, was so-called “female hysteria.” An amalgamation of symptoms that would be considered both mood and ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

The greatest civilisations of humanity – today increasingly merged into the amorphous world of the globalised consumer ...

The discovery of long-lost treasures in a shipwreck has provided researchers with critical insights into European culture nearly 500 years ago.

Like Morocco, Egypt exists at the geographic of overlapping regions and identities that contribute to its complex ...