In “A Training School for Elephants,” Sophy Roberts revisits an especially bizarre episode from the exploitation of Africa.

Napoleon Bonaparte issued a proclamation to the Jews of Palestine promising the “reestablishment of ancient Jerusalem,” ...

We all face Red Seas in one form or another. But the good news is that just as God parted the waters for our forefathers when ...

Pyramids and temples show precise ancient engineeringAncient tools reveal advanced science and metallurgyOld medical and ...

The Grand Egyptian Museum, outside Cairo, has been delayed by revolutions, wars, financial crises and a pandemic. At long ...

On the outskirts of Kadesh, Pharaoh Ramesses II finds himself ensnared in an ambush set by the Hittites. Through a tumultuous clash of chariots and strategic might, the Battle of Kadesh unfolds—the ...

Members of Germany's Sorbian community carry on the tradition of decorating Easter eggs. It's part of the culture of the ...

In the Egyptian city of Esna, a highly decorated entrance hall completed during the mid-third century a.d. is the only surviving part of a temple dedicated to the creator god Khnum. Some 100 major ...

To some, Paris is the City of Light. To others, it’s the City of Love. But to art lovers, it’s simply the city of art — and ...

the Union of Egyptian Tribes and Families, and the Egyptian Front Party, whose leaders include Organi’s son Essam, the security source said. A source close to Organi also confirmed the same ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, morphed into an archaeological dig, and it wasn’t long before experts ...