Egypt was home to the first known scientist, Imhotep, a brilliant Black physician. Famous for designing King Djoser’s Step Pyramid at Saqqara, the Egyptian polymath Imhotep (Greek: Imouthes, c.

The Levant represented the natural outlet for ancient Egypt which exercised its political dominance since 4th millennium BC. The Sinai and Syria-Palestine were the first neighbour of the Nile ...

Dating back to the 7th century BC, it stretches over 13,000 miles across the Chinese landscape, snaking through rugged ...

But most African cities are failing to keep pace. Housing and services are inadequate. Public transport is haphazard and ...

This tiny sunken city has been underwater for 3,000 years, with its remnants of ancient history now deep in the ocean. Pavlopetri is a small islet off the coast of Laconia in the southern Peloponnese.

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...

The early practice of embalming in Egypt, dating back to approximately 5500 BC, reflects an inherent recognition ... good idea of what he or she wanted in life 3,000 years ago. This is because the ...

In 17 years on the throne (possibly 1351-1334 BC), he abolished Egypt’s ... was conferred in 1906. Egypt is so littered with ancient cities that it can be forgiven for losing track of one ...

Mr. Netanyahu and members of his Cabinet claim title to Gaza, East Jerusalem, the West Bank, southern Lebanon, and Syria’s ...

In Exodus, God summons Ten Plagues against the Egyptians to free the Jews. Although some people view this story as … Continue ...

Although some movies and media depict ancient people as unclean, that’s not entirely accurate. The ancients had hygiene ...