Hinduism is widely regarded as the oldest religion in the world, with roots that trace back thousands of years. Unlike other major religions, Hinduism has no single founder, no fixed date of ...

Inah Canabarro Lucas of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil is now the world’s oldest person. She is also the 20th oldest person in recorded history.

Arabic is one of the world’s oldest and most beautiful languages, holding a profound cultural and religious significance ...

Sanskrit began to develop around 1500 BCE and is regarded as one of the great classical languages of the world. It was first used in the Vedas, which are some of the oldest known religious texts.

Tamil, a Dravidian language, is considered to be the oldest and the world’s longest-surviving classical language still in use. With roots dating back to at least 300 BCE, it has a rich literary ...

The University of al-Qarawiyyin is the world’s oldest university that is still open. The University was established in 859 CE by Fatima al-Fihri in Fez, Morocco. It is recognised by UNESCO as ...

The findings, published last month in Time & Mind, suggest that a series of V-shaped symbols carved onto the pillars at Gobekli Tepe each represents a single day.When added up, they seem to record ...

1. Iran (3200 BC) Iran is the oldest country in the world and home to one of the world's earliest civilizations, dating back to 3200 BC (Before Christ) with the rise of the Elamite kingdom.

Chris Tomlin's new song resurrects the world's oldest known hymn (RNS) — A new documentary details a project to revamp an 1,800-year-old hymn for a modern audience.

Archaeologists working at Ostia Antica, an ancient Roman port city, have discovered the oldest Jewish ritual bath outside of the Middle East, along with an oil lamp decorated with a menorah dated ...

Hinduism is regarded as the world’s oldest religion, with origins tracing back to around 1500 BCE in the Indus Valley (modern-day Pakistan and India). Unlike many other religions, Hinduism doesn ...