While pyramids are synonymous with Ancient Egypt, the world's largest collection of pyramids belongs to another, less visited ...

Women were relegated to secondary roles in Ancient Greece, which is why most queenly names belong to mythology: Jocasta, Leda ...

From Mesoamerica to North Africa, pyramids were apparently all the rage in the ancient world. Yet while the triangular ...

“The structures were built by the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient Nubian civilisation that ruled from 1070 BCE to 350 CE.” “The ...

INDEX: Nubia When discussing the civilisations of the Nile Valley, many histories focus almost exclusively on the role of Egypt. But this approach ignores the emergence further so ...

It has unobstructed views across the reservoir and to the Paghman Mountains at the foot of the Hindu Kush Himalaya. The asking price: $800,000. There are outbuildings to one side and a living area ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...

Personally, she considers Nuri in Sudan – a royal burial ground for the ancient kingdom of Kush, dating back to the middle of the 7th century BC – as a site of importance, but says the ...

In this wide-ranging interview with WSJ’s Joanna Stern, Apple’s software chief Craig Federighi goes deep into AI privacy, preserving the art of photography, the idea of a sentient Siri and more.

Archaeologists have uncovered an "exceptional" ancient Celtic burial ground and an early farming settlement from the Stone Age in the Czech Republic, among other finds. The Archaeological Center ...