In 1882, the British Museum acquired the oldest known map of the world, which was carved into a clay tablet from Babylon and ...

Numidia was once a vast kingdom, stretching from the east of modern-day Morocco into Algeria, Tunisia and the west of Libya.

Carmen Schuster left the Transylvanian village of Cincsor for West Germany in search of a better life 40 years ago. But when ...

Quick Facts Maximilian Joseph, Born ... Maximilian Joseph was one of the most prominent promoters of Bavarian folk-music in the 19th century. Under his influence the zither started to be used in court ...

Arslan Kaya is one of eight similar structures in the Phrygian Highlands, a quiet region in western Anatolia, Turkey that is now home to a few villagers and remnants of an ancient kingdom.

This lost ancient kingdom began in Ireland and involved a people later named as Scoti, a Latin word meaning raiders or possibly pirates – yes, Scotland means “land of the raiders” – which first ...

The Old Kingdom king Djedkare Isesi left Abusir and built his Pyramid Complex at South Saqqara. His pyramid is built in steps, using new construction techniques. The substructure, entered at ...

The theater at Dodona, in the ancient kingdom of Epirus. Credit: Onno Zweers Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 3.0 A mountainous region in today’s northwestern Greece, Epirus was inhabited by the Greek ...

However, a new twist has emerged in this controversy. Today, we bring you an old map of Sambhal and examine what it reveals. In today's DNA, we decode the claims being made by both sides: Watch Full ...