From black cats to elephants, animals have long been seen as more than just companions in many cultures, they’re considered ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

Imagine wandering through the blazing, sun-baked stretches of the American Southwest, where life seems impossible, yet the land teems with some of nature’s most astonishing survivors. Among these, the ...

According to Egyptian mythology, Horus was the son of Osiris, the god of the underworld. Horus fought his uncle Seth to see who would be ruler of Egypt. During the fight, Seth mut ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

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

For centuries, gold has been considered the universal symbol of wealth, luxury, status, and power. From ancient civilisations ...