Five hundred years ago the first Bible featuring a map was published. The anniversary has passed uncelebrated, but it transformed the way that Bibles were produced. The map appeared in Christopher ...
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At the dawning of the British Empire in 1818, the romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley penned a memorable sonnet freighted with ...
The Exodus echoes remind us that Jewish and African liberations are intertwined. In facing jihadist “Pharaohs,” this biblical ...
The inundation of water was more than just provision for crops and fields: the Egyptians called the event the coming of Hapy, ...
Have you ever wondered what it felt like to walk through the bustling markets of ancient Rome or stand beneath the towering pyramids of Egypt? These eight carefully selected books offer something ...
A list for history lovers, curious minds and anyone fascinated by lost empires, ancient power and the stories that still ...
Another common misconception about ancient Egypt thanks to Hollywood is that all Egyptians were mummified and placed in ...
At first it looks like wallpaper. On second glance, you see the imprints of hands, stamped in red paint and climbing up the ...
George Mason University Political Scientist Jack Goldstone joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about ...
George Mason University Political Scientist Jack Goldstone joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about ...
A comprehensive 17-year archaeological study has shattered the long-standing myth that the ancient Egyptian pyramids were ...
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Charles Vanthournout, Université de Lorraine (THE CONVERSATION) When Napoleon embarked ...