Even though these nations may have the common trait of having names no more than four letters, there is hardly a single aspect, including politics or size, which is similar among these nations. These ...

Why Mexico’s culture-filled former capital should be your next getaway - Querétaro is bursting with a thriving music scene, ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

They had four words for different forms of love: “Eros” for romantic love, “Storge” for love of family, “Phila” for brotherly ...

The archaeological site at Turkey’s Boğazköy-Hattusha, the former capital of the Bronze Age Hittite empire, is a hotbed of ancient languages. During excavations of the ruins, archaeologists uncovered ...

Throughout ancient Egyptian history, taxes were very much part of daily life. Most Egyptians were farmers who owed the state both a period of labor service and a portion of their annual harvest. The ...

A terracotta figurine in the form of a pig was made in Egypt around 3000 b.c., during the Early Dynastic period. Pork accounts for more than a third of the world’s meat, making pigs among the planet’s ...