The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations flourished thousands of years before modern history was even recorded. The layers ...

Pit-firing leaves smoke traces on ceramic pieces, giving them a look of antiquity, a texture, and causing variations in colors— elements that Salha Al-Masry loves to incorporate in her work. Years of ...

HANOI – Every weekend morning, while much of An Giang is still easing into the day, a small classroom inside Mỹ Á Pagoda quietly comes to life. Nèang Tha Quanh leaves home early and heads to the Khmer ...

Debuting February 3 at Eclipso NYC in the heart of Manhattan, Colosseum The Legendary Arena reinforces New York City as a global hub for immersive entertainment.

Built in 212 BC on the orders of China’s first emperor Qin Shi Huang, the Qin Straight Road spans roughly 700 kilometers and has remained largely free of grass growth for more than 2,200 years. A ...

In many ways, olive oil was the lifeblood of the ancient Mediterranean. Called “liquid gold,” it was used for everything from cosmetics to medicine to religious rituals. And archaeologists have just ...

African typographers are on a mission to preserve and revive ancient scripts, which are an important part of the continent's cultural heritage. These scripts, used for centuries in various African ...

The room we are in is locked. It is windowless and lit from above by a fluorescent bulb. In the hallway outside—two stories beneath the city of London—attendants in dark suits patrol silently, giving ...

Excavations at the 3,000-year-old Syedra ancient city, about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) east of Alanya in Türkiye’s Antalya province, show the site was a major olive oil production hub during the ...

GUEST OPINION: Busy businesses need all the help they can get to automate processes and keep operations running smoothly. This means incorporating various platforms to automatically streamline tasks ...

A language scholar has solved one of the longstanding riddles involving the enigmatic Dead Sea Scrolls, after finally deciphering a hidden script within the texts that has long perplexed researchers.