Why has the air kiss survived through the ages and become so popular throughout the world? Well, it's quite functional. If ...

In the early 1800s, a Swiss explorer tricked his way into Petra, the ancient oasis whose location ... Legend says that it belonged to a princess who pledged to marry any man who could channel ...

The Seleucid Empire was a major Hellenistic state, founded by Seleucus I Nicator after the death of Alexander the Great in 312 BC. It encompassed a vast territory stretching from Aegean Sea to the ...

Unraided crypts are hard to come by. And yet in 1968, soldiers stumbled upon the imperial family tombs of a Han dynasty ...

But what about the hands of our ancient human relatives? According to a new study, published in Science Advances, two hominin fossil hands showed surprising bone structure and added complexity to the ...

Modelled on a prominent Mumbai temple, it features sacred motifs inspired by ancient Persian architecture in Iran. The Alpaiwala Museum, originally founded in 1952 in what was then Bombay ...

She found herself inspired by The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, an ancient Persian poem that compelled her to “make an image which embodied hope and happiness to sort of live up to,” or her “god of things ...

Set against the backdrop of the 490 BC Battle of Marathon, the film is a meticulous recreation in Ancient Greek and Old Persian, aiming to authentically transport audiences into the heart of classical ...

In a cinematic first, Greek director Yiannis Stravolaimos brings the 490 BCE clash to life in Ancient Greek and Old Persian, fusing myth, history, and cultural diplomacy in a bold retelling of an ...

Modelled on a prominent Mumbai temple, it features sacred motifs inspired by ancient Persian architecture in Iran. The museum has cuneiform tablets and artefacts dating back centuries A replica of ...