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Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the royal tomb of an unknown king who ruled the region during a tumultuous time 3,600 ...

The Evil Eye, or ‘mati’ goes back to 500 BC and is believed to ward off envy of ill wishers. As the ancient Greek romance ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

Historically, ancient Greek tragedies were retellings of ancient myths ... critic David Jays becomes “the irresistible core ...

at the ancient Egyptian town of Oxyrhynchus in southern Egypt, dating to the early centuries A.D. Coptic, an Egyptian ...