From the olive wreaths of Olympic champions to the gold crowns of Hellenistic aristocrats, wreaths have symbolized glory, ...

"It is always difficult to establish if the eclipses were seen in the ancient past as bad omens or good omens." ...

A century after the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb, some overlooked objects may reveal clues to a forgotten ancient ...

“The rock, from which the water came, and the manna were symbolic of supernatural sustenance through Christ, the bread of ...

Heritage Music of the Arab World' is a series by Ahram Online, in partnership with the AMAR Foundation (Foundation For Arab ...

For Palestinians, the renewed strikes brought a sudden return to the carnage and terror of the 17-month-old war.

The Greek War of Independence that begun in 1821 is full of memorable events, most of them bloody battles and heroic feats.

Eight years later, in 1956, a furious President Eisenhower forced a resolution through the United Nations condemning Israel’s ...

Archaeologists excavating in the Muskhouta area of Egypt's Ismailia Governorate just uncovered the 3,000-year-old tomb of an ...

According to Cline, civilizations, much like living organisms, follow a life cycle of birth, youth, maturity, old age, and ...

Legendary women of the national rebirth, such as Bouboulina, Manto Mavrogenous, the “Lady of the Seas,” “Psorokostaina,” and ...