Animals have played roles that go far beyond their presence in the natural world since the times of ancient civilisations to ...

Do you judge a book by its cover? And are you conscious about reading books in public? Takeaway discuss the perception of ...

Greeks have been cracking red eggs at Easter for centuries. The tradition, although it is also a fun game, is steeped in ...

Reading "The Story of Perfume," whether in chunks or page by page, provides a fascinating take on how we’ve arrived at the ...

Almost 4,000 years ago, an unknown scholar in ancient Mesopotamia wrote the first known book on a series of clay tablets. The ...

Stal Gallery opened its latest exhibition on 13 April in Muscat, presenting “Gilgamesh: Symbols and Connotations” by ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

What is the origin of Easter eggs? Do they derive from authentic Christian traditions, or do they come from ancient pagan practices?

The modern Easter egg was created in 1873 by British confectioners J.S. Fry & Sons who produced the first hollow chocolate egg. The design was then perfected by Cadbury in 1875 who developed a special ...

Babur, a descendant of Genghis Khan, founded the Mughal Empire in 1526. Babur quite literally laid the early foundation of ...

Discoveries in the archaeological record have sparked debate about how we should define art. Some researchers argue that art ...

I hate to be predictable. It’s a good way to lose people’s attention. But there are two column subjects you know I’m going to ...