Researchers who sniffed mummified remains in the name of science were greeted more with a blessing than a curse.

A new, first-of-its-kind analysis of the scents of nine mummies detected woody, spicy, herbal and rancid notes, among other ...

The more concrete evidence of the formation of a distinct community can be traced back to the British colonial period ...

The best military commanders in Civilization VII take what they need through war, expansion, and relentless battlefield ...

More than 6 million Syrians fled their homeland during that country’s almost 14-year-long civil war. Other nations took them in. It was the humanitarian thing to do.

It was heartbreaking and grotesque. Other hostages are reported by The Times to have spent their captivity bound, tortured, ...

Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in politics or in the church ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Once vassals to pharaohs, the Kushite kings of Nubia took control of Egypt for almost a century. Embracing Egyptian rituals, ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

The pace of the declared crackdown on waste and corruption, which has already seen the first layoffs just weeks after rebels toppled Assad on Dec. 8, has triggered protests from government workers ...