And if archaeology hadn't emerged in the 18th century, many of these civilizations would have become permanently lost to time ...

Even though archaeological and scientific tools have discovered much about these ancient civilizations, including facts about ...

The rise of Islam across India, the Middle East, and Spain kindled intellectual achievements that are still relevant today.

President Trump’s approval rating has sunk to about 45 percent, down from 52 percent one week after he took office. The New York Times By Tyler Pager and Ruth Igielnik Reporting from Washington ...

God is in solidarity with those who need it most. And “Mary Magdalene went and announced to the disciples, ‘I have seen the Lord’; and she told them that he had said these things to her” (v. 18). She ...

although that was actually instituted by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE! Interestingly, Protestant Britain and its North American colonies did not accept the 16th century Catholic Gregorian calendar (based ...

It is the oldest and most important ... between the 2nd century BCE and 2nd century CE, but the actual writing may have happened anywhere from the 5th century BCE to the 8th century CE.

We’re on a road trip to uncover Southern Italy’s Magna Graecia, “Greater Greece,” a network of colonies founded by Greek settlers beginning in the 8th century BCE, who were drawn to the fertile soil ...

Excavations al Tel Shiqmona. Image via Wiki Commons. After the Assyrian conquest in the late 8th century BCE, Shiqmona changed hands but continued its function—possibly under new management.

“Findings of purple dye from the Iron Age [1200-586 BCE] are extremely rare,” Dr ... Towards the end of the 8th century, the Kingdom of Israel fell to the Assyrians. “After the fall of ...

The art of woodblock printing has been practiced in Japan since the 8th century CE but during the peace and prosperity ... and images to celebrate popular art featuring beautiful women, famous actors, ...

While details remain scarce, there are a few things we do know. For starters ... was a location for Odysseus’ wanderings in the epic composed by Homer around 8th century BCE.” Some of the specific ...