One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth ...

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The legendary west African kingdom of Kaabu has long been memorialized in the songs and stories of griots. That's inspired ...

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The story of the National Museum – taken over by armed men, its gold and valuables looted and stolen – mirrors the individual ...

Two new studies have uncovered the true origins of cat domestication, revealing that this beloved pet’s journey was not ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

News24 Multimedia editor Nokuthula Manyathi recently spent some time in Zurich, Switzerland. She decided to see how much of the capital she could soak up in one day for R2 000 (or just under 100 euros ...

Archaeologists in Jordan have documented a carved inscription bearing the name of Ramesses III, an Egyptian pharaoh who ...

A belief that Jesus travelled to India and adopted Buddhist teachings and methods has been around since at least the 19th Century when scholars attempted to explain the similarities between Christiani ...

Yaroslav Trofimov is the chief foreign-affairs correspondent of The Wall Street Journal, covering major issues and developments around the world. He won the National Press Club award for political ...