Eleven works from the Vatican Apostolic Library are featured in the second Islamic Arts Biennale, held from January 25 to May 25 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. They include ancient translations of the Quran ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

Getty Images/Pedro H. Tesch Coming off a victory over Internacional last week, Mexico visit River Plate at the Estadio Monumental in Buenos Aires, Argentina, to put an end to their adventure in ...

We have encountered a fascinating social media map that illustrates the Greek world through archaeological discoveries. This map, created by a user on Google Maps, spans the Iberian Peninsula to India ...

Cairo is, of course, the gateway to the Nile Delta. This storied body of water ... s oldest neighbourhoods and landmarks all hew to the river. Great Sphinx of Giza. Pictures: Talisa Lanoe Camels ...

A large stone appears to mark the entrance to the site, and is engraved with an image of a human and what could be a river or snake ... Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says ...

Scientists gather for a new series attempting to explain the dis-appearance of ancient civilisations ... of 9,000 bodies were discovered in the Nile Delta, with evidence suggesting a famine.

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

This map depicted a local river network and earth mounds, reflecting a more modern map concept used for navigation. Dr. Milnes says that collaborating across disciplines — such as archaeology, geology ...

A celebratory boat cruise on the Nile River. An hour later, the family crowded around an L-shaped table at a restaurant in his hometown of Jinja, a city of 93,000 located 60 miles east of Kampala ...