According to statistics released by the National Cultural Heritage Administration, China has 7,046 registered museums — an ...

Today, the “world-renowned” Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival offers a wide array of activities, including the ...

For decades scholars tried to reconstruct the society in Wadi Faynan during its copper boom in the 10th and 9th centuries BC. One hypothesis maintained that the local tribes established a hierarchical ...

In the 17th Century, spoons and knives become mainstream. However, most utensils were common among the wealthy. Lower class people would continue to eat with their hands.

Among the more than 4,500 oracle bone characters discovered, the meanings of over 3,000 remain a mystery. Scholars now hope ...

Nearly 300 silver coins were found completely by accident when digging started for a forest restoration project.

Both served at the same school their entire careers, making them the area’s longest-tenured coaches — by a good measure — at ...

On May 7, cardinals will begin the process of electing the next pontiff, but the method itself dates back centuries ...

The announcement “Habemus Papam” — “We have a pope” — from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica is followed first by the ...

Already in the 3rd century BC, Nausicaa was sometimes regarded as the ... For example, in the tomb of the Nomarch of the 11th ...

Ramesses III is considered the last pharaoh of the New Kingdom - ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC - to have wielded significant power. The instability of his rule ...

The pharaoh is considered the last of the New Kingdom - ancient Egypt between the 16th century BC and the 11th century BC - to have wielded significant power.