The plague theory emerged primarily from ancient texts rather than physical evidence. Hittite plague prayers from the late 14th century BC describe a devastating epidemic that allegedly originated ...

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short ...

Pioneer American anthropologist Henry Lewis Morgan (1818-1881) wrote that societies developed (or evolved) through three distinct stages: savagery, barbarism and civilization. Cambridge University ...

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There are plenty of spooks and scares to be experienced in haunting destinations across France and Belgium this October half ...

Only a few weeks after Halloween in 1922, British archaeologist Howard Carter unearthed the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh ...

Archaeologists in Egypt discovered one of the largest defensive fortresses ever found on the country’s eastern border, ...

The mummy portraits are stunning. Their production began around 30-40 ce, sixty or so years after the defeat of ...

Prince Khaemwaset, born in the 12th century BCE, was an archaeologist of his own already ancient civilization. You could call ...

The Greek Cleopatra the Physician in the 1st century BCE, the Greco-Egyptian Metrodora between the 2nd and 4th centuries CE, ...

Mouse collector, deity, messenger of Satan, or beloved family member. The history of the cat is long and marked by ups and ...

By Steven Gan At the heart of the Israel–Palestine conflict is something simple – land, rights and justice. The ...