Unveil the mysteries of ancient trade routes like the Silk Road. Explore their cultural and economic impact, archaeological discoveries, and lasting legacy.

Pregnant women wielding swords and wearing martial helmets, foetuses set to avenge their fathers — and a harsh world where ...

Archaeologist Greer Jarrett spent three years piloting a small sailboat along the coast of Norway to understand Viking trade ...

A team of researchers from the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester has conducted the first study on motherhood in the Viking Age, discovering that pregnant women were depicted in art and ...

2,200-year-old mysterious pyramid structure filled with coins and weapons found near Dead Sea 'Major' ancient Egyptian town discovered — and it has a jug stamped with the name of Nefertiti's ...

these ancient weapons utilized mechanical force from people to lock the mechanism in place. The battering ram dates back to Ancient Egypt and was one of the most effective ways to break into a ...

The items spanned centuries and included a range of styles from different eras of ancient Egyptian civilization, the ministry said. Egypt's Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Monday ...

be engaged with violence and weapons. These were not passive bodies. Together with recent studies of Viking women buried as warriors, this provokes further thought to how we envisage gender roles ...

Al-Ahram Weekly takes a trip back to ancient Egyptian times to find out what the people used to eat What the ancient Egyptians ate in the distant past has some similarity to what the modern ...

The items spanned centuries and included a range of styles from different eras of ancient Egyptian civilization, the ministry said. A portrait of a mummy from Faiyum, Egypt, a gold coin from the ...