Explore how Cleopatra VII was not just a royal ruler but a scholar who mastered languages, understood hieroglyphs, and grew ...

The Sun aligned on Wednesday, October 22, 2025 on face of King Ramses II’s statue at his great temple in Abu Simbel, southern ...

The annual meteor shower peaks tonight, but Central California residents will have to contend with cloud cover.

Other reasons for the shift in signs, according to the New York Times report, could be the changing size of constellations or ...

Science history On the night of Oct. 5, 1923, Edwin Hubble observed a strange star that flickered in intensity at regular ...

As historian William Dalrymple puts it, the story of civilisation itself cannot be told without India, a land that once ...

It was in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII instituted a major reform of the calendar, which has since been almost universally adopted.

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Few countries have the political stability and geography necessary for a good spaceport. Oman is often called the ...

The plague of Akhetaten has long been cited as a possible explanation for the mysterious abandonment of ancient Egypt's short ...

The ancient site of Karnak is one of the most impressive places to visit in Egypt. Situated just a short distance from the ...

Explosive volcanic eruptions on early Mars may have transported water ice to equatorial regions, according to a modeling ...