Source: Daily Sabah A underground city partly submerged underwater and estimated to be around 5,000 years old was discovered by municipality crews trying to determine the cause of flooding in […]
BY BLOUIN ARTINFO | February 05, 2019 “Caucasian dragon carpet from the 16th century” (© National Museums in Berlin, Museum of Islamic Art / Teßmer) Pergamonmuseum reopens its […]
There has been a number of assertions that Scotland had an ancient Egyptian connection. One of the most popular is the legend of Queen Scotia who founded present-day Scotland with […]
November 2018 Rizwan Safir – UK The Review of Religions is proud to announce the formation of a new section focusing on our ancient past. This section will explore the […]
Source: National Geographic By Andrew Curry Archaeologists in Norway using ground-penetrating radar have detected one of the largest Viking ship graves ever found. ARCHAEOLOGISTS HAVE FOUND the outlines of a […]
By Maram Kayed – Oct 03,2018 – JORDAN TIMES Archaeologists unearthed a number of sculptures in Jerash, including one for Zeus and Aphrodite (Photo by Maram Kayed) AMMAN — New […]
Elephant birds: Who killed the largest birds that ever lived? Source: BBC News By Helen Briggs Prehistoric humans are under suspicion of wiping out the largest birds that ever lived after […]
Is that a 3,000-year-old picture of god, his penis and his wife depicted by early Jews at Kuntillet Ajrud? More than four decades after its excavation wound down, a small […]
https://tp.srgssr.ch/p/inline?urn=urn:swi:video:44020262&locale=en Embed code This content was published on April 6, 2018 On its 1,250th anniversary, the Court Church of St. Leodegar in Lucerne is opening up its treasure trove […]
By Bill Harby This content was published on March 18, 2018 In 1998, construction workers excavating for a car park uncovered archaeological artifacts dating back to about 11,000 BCE […]
by ismailimail Posted on March 8, 2018 In the Al-Hussein quarter in Islamic Cairo, the historic Mosque and University of A-Azhar stands welcoming worshippers, students and visitors. The mosque, like […]
Source: Time By KATE SAMUELSON February 2, 2018 At least 70 mammal and dinosaur tracks were discovered in an area no larger than two square meters at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center near […]
DAILY SABAH WITH ANADOLU AGENCY ISTANBUL Like any other Black Sea towns, Amasra is blessed with greenery; but what makes it different is its ancient history dating back to […]
By: Maha Al-Shaar It is known that contaminated water contains many bacteria and harmful viruses that cause many diseases such as typhoid, cholera, dysentery, meningitis and poliomyelitis, etc. Water-related diseases […]
ARAB NEWS | Published — Wednesday 1 November 2017 MADINAH: The Islamic University of Madinah plans to establish a history museum to achieve the Kingdom’s Vision 2030 through promoting the heritage of Saudi Arabia, Madinah and the Islamic University. “This museum will contribute to strengthening the country’s cultural identity and […]
DAILY SABAH ISTANBUL Related Articles History 9.7 million-year-old teeth fossils discovered in Germany History Turkey, Hungary restore 500-year-old Ottoman tomb in Budapest History 1,600-year-old mosaics unearthed again […]
October 17, 2017 11:00 AMOct 17, 2017 – //tp.srgssr.ch/p/swi/embed?urn=urn:swi:video:43582180 Researchers at the University of Fribourg hope to reveal more about the Middle Ages by piecing together fragments of manuscripts. (RTS/swissinfo.chexternal link) In medieval times, the vellum of discarded manuscripts was not thrown away, but reused as bookbinding material to strengthen or decorate new […]
October 22, 2017 by Paul Ratner Locals dressed as Vikings march through the streets of Lerwick on January 31, 2006, in the Shetland Islands, Scotland. (Photo by Jeff J Mitchell/Getty […]
Scientists say Bali’s Mount Agung volcano is set to blow. Previous major volcanic eruptions have had a cooling effect on the climate, with one even leading to what became known as the “year without a summer.” Plunging temperatures, snow, freezing rain and gloomy days devoid of sunshine – such was […]
Source: UNESCO website: Inhabited since prehistoric times, this Nabataean caravan-city, situated between the Red Sea and the Dead Sea, was an important crossroads between Arabia, Egypt and Syria-Phoenicia. […]
