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

What is the origin of Easter eggs? Do they derive from authentic Christian traditions, or do they come from ancient pagan ...

Ancient historians recorded legends about the invention of the first coins, and archaeologists have found some surprising ...

Many of our practices and behaviours go back four thousand years. For example, the Danish archaeologists found evidence that Failakawis dove for pearls 4000 years ago, but the elementary history books ...

and the Babylonian Empire in Mesopotamia. Under Cyrus, the Persian Empire became the hegemonic power in the East. Despite beginning his reign as a vassal king subject to the Median Empire ...

Reading "The Story of Perfume," whether in chunks or page by page, provides a fascinating take on how we’ve arrived at the ...

Wedged between the Middle East, south Asia and central Asia, Afghanistan occupies a pivotal place in world geography and world history. Its location has helped draw a diversity of cultures, religions ...

Easter egg dyeing — a popular tradition for millions of Americans who celebrate the holiday — will not happen in many households this year because of high costs, a new poll found. Nearly half of ...

When the former New York Times Paris bureau chief first set out to write a book about the most famous and largest museum in ...

“This tradition has ancient roots in Persia and Zoroastrianism ... is that Orthodox Christians in Mesopotamia were inspired by a roasted egg that’s part of the seder plate at Passover ...