The ancient city of Shabam in Yemen. Credits: Jianliang Gao www.peace-on-earth.org, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons In Yemen’s desert lies the ancient city of Shibam, with its mud brick ...

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Sep. 25, 2024 — Scientists successfully extracted and analyzed DNA from ancient cheese samples found alongside the Tarim Basin mummies in China, dating back approximately 3,600 years.

Nine years of war have left more than 18 million people in desperate need of food, water and lifesaving assistance Millions of Yemenis face widespread displacement, food insecurity and limited access ...

With buildings composed entirely of mud bricks that have been meticulously conserved to face the harsh weather, this architectural wonder exemplifies Yemen's distinctive style. In addition to ...

The sistrum was one of the most sacred musical instruments in ancient Egypt and was believed to hold powerful magical properties. It was used in the worship of the goddess Hathor, mythological... The ...

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

The intact burial—unearthed on this day in 1922—contained a "wonderful" cache of objects linked to the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Eli Wizevich Found etched into clay cylinders in Syria ...

This post may contain affiliate links. Read our disclosure. Yemen sits in the extreme south of the Arabian Peninsula and has been at the crossroads of different civilisations from its very origins. In ...

Workers on the Acropolis draw water from an ancient cistern next to the Parthenon. Credit: Acropolis Museum American philhellene and veteran photographer Robert McCabe pictured post-war Greece in ...