The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

The Rassam Cylinder is an ancient clay cylinder containing cuneiform inscriptions that describe the reign and military ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

The Roman Britain Galleries invite visitors to explore a rich narrative about daily life on the fringes of the Roman Empire.

Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was ...

We have the 7-letter answer for Assyrian city cited by Kipling crossword clue, last seen in the Newsday Crossword January 31, 2025 puzzle. This answer will help you finish the puzzle you’re working on ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

A local government in India is offering a $1 million prize to the first person who cracks the code of an ancient script found in the ruins of one of the world’s earliest civilizations.

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...