The 700-year-old scroll by renowned calligrapher Rao Jie fetched over $32 million after a heated bidding battle at Sotheby’s.

This feature originally appeared on the Classic Rock website in August 2018. In 2023, the rustic character on the cover of ...

You'd be wrong to think the ancient Greek gods bled red like you and me, as ichor was the substance that defined their ...

Take one Pompeiian example, set up by the freedman Publius Vesonius Phileros, which opens with ineffable politeness: ...

The "Eye of Horus," a depiction of a single stylized eye looking straight ahead, is found throughout ancient Egypt. The ...

Its cryptic inscriptions could rewrite the early history of runic writing in Scandinavia.

The 2021 stone was found in an ancient grave site in eastern Norway known as ... though they were placed as some sort of ...

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood". It's a hot and muggy summer day in Sicily's Madonie mountains, a rugged range of ridges about 65km east of Palermo. In a field of ash trees ...

This symbol carries a deep cultural resonance for Greeks, rooted in our ancient heritage. A Mythological Journey: Asclepius and His Legacy In Greek mythology, Asclepius, the son of Apollo and the ...

The United Arab Emirates has officially approved a symbol to represent the Dirham currency unit. The Central Bank UAE has unveiled the physical form and the digital form of the new symbol. Previously, ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

Tombos is located at the third cataract of the Nile River in Sudan. In ancient times, this area was known as Nubia or Kush. Following the Egyptians' takeover of the region around 1400 B.C., they ...