The Ottoman Empire in Decline: From Multinational State to Ethnic Nationalism The film opens in the ancient Assyrian ...

My fascination with maps began during my grade school days when I became obsessed with reading historical fiction books and books about other countries. This led me to try to locate other countries ...

Karen Wigen is Frances and Charles Field Professor in History at Stanford University. Speaking with Srijana Mitra Das at Times Evoke, she discusses th ...

We visit Esna’s Temple of Khnum, where restored colors light up ancient carvings and columns. Then we explore El-Tod to ...

Modern technology, new excavations and curious amateurs have helped unearth some of the world's greatest treasures in the ...

The tomb of Amenhotep II is an example of the fully developed New Kingdom style. A sequence of descending stairways and ...

After two decades of construction, Egypt on Saturday inaugurated the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) — the world’s largest museum ...

For decades, the world has watched a tragic cycle repeat itself in Palestine and Israel: violence, Western-led “peace ...

Completed in 2010 to mark the millennial anniversary of Hanoi, the Ceramic Mosaic Mural is the world’s largest ceramic mosaic, spanning 2.5 miles (4km) in length. What was once a grey concrete dyke ...

There was a reason Southern businessmen and thinkers were inspired by ancient Egypt: To them, it served as proof that all great civilizations were hierarchal societies sustained by enslaved labor.

A History, by telling off professional historians – and laments the “cultural confusion” of our present moment.

To speak of art as power is to recognize that beauty and defiance are not opposites, but twins. (Shutterstock Photo) We ...