Paintings from ancient Egypt show the harvesting of grapes and the making of wine. Mesopotamian murals illustrate elites rai ...

The Kingdom of Kush once rivaled Egypt, even ruling as pharaohs. Its story is filled with power, wealth, and mystery, yet ...

Discover Belisarius, the military genius who reconquered Rome, Africa, and Italy for the Byzantine Empire with a tiny elite force of horse archers.

With the planned creation of new galleries for its Arts of Africa collection, the Brooklyn Museum hopes visitors will see ...

There are few rivers in this world that carry such significance in terms of their history, mythology, and survival, and one ...

A king long dismissed as myth, often compared to an ancient African 'King Arthur,' has been confirmed as a real.

It wasn’t always easy for women to make big money, but these ladies of centuries past did it in style. What was the secret of their financial success?

Two educators have ended a 33-hour teaching marathon of African and African American history to protest the marginalization ...

The service will be attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and Opposition Leader ...

Beneath the world's tropical wetlands lies a carbon archive built over thousands of years — peat deposits so vast they store ...

For modern residents of the Levant, the "Red Sea Trough" usually brings a brief, dusty transition between seasons. But ...