With that in mind, let’s look at the most ingenious inventions created by ancient cultures that have shaped today’s world. Eyeglass wearers have the Assyrians to thank. The Assyrian ...

Burials at Mount Hora in Malawi yielded DNA used in the study DNA from ancient ... shows how the invention and spread of farming had a major impact on the genes of people in Africa - just as ...

Some remote societies still practice it today, and in some tribal cultures of East Africa it has survived as an integral part of traditional medicine. Doctors employed this invasive procedure to ...

In 1999, New York Times journalist Nicholas D. Kristof reported a surprising encounter on a tiny African island called Pate, just off the coast of Kenya. Here, in a village of stone huts set ...

Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East, Vol. 44, Issue. 2, p. 287. Under French colonial rule, the region of the Maghreb emerged as distinct from two other geographical entities ...

Once a powerhouse of the ancient world, Egypt today faces a range of internal and external challenges that are holding it ...

Archaeological evidence places the earliest use and widespread adoption of wheels and wheeled vehicles during the Copper Age between 5000 and 3000BC across Europe, North Africa and Asia. But the exact ...

No serious thinker or lucid theologian expects God to perform miracles. The pedlars of new Christian cults are generally ...

The ancient studies program acknowledges the importance of approaching ... 323 B.C.) wrought far-reaching consequences for many in Europe, Asia and Africa. In the ensuing Hellenistic (Greek-oriented) ...

Audience editors: Samantha Cooney, Annabel Gutterman, Soo Jin Kim, Kat Moon, and Kimberly Tal Copy editors: Helen Eisenbach, Mark Hokoda, Anny Kim, Silvija Ozols, Sarah Rutledge, and Jennifer ...

Recently, a PhD archeology student helped to discover a lost Mayan city in Mexico called Valeriana, thanks to a Google Search. A Google Search unveiled a missing Mayan city in Mexico We’ve all ...