The oldest surviving world map, known as the Imago Mundi, offers a fascinating glimpse into ancient Babylonian life. Dating ...

Exploring the 10 oldest countries in the world reveals the deep historical roots of civilizations like Iran, Egypt, China, and India. With origins dating back to as early as 3200 BCE, these ...

The world's oldest capital city is so ancient that it was inhabited as early as 10,000 BC. Syria’s capital, Damascus, has claims to be the oldest continuously occupied city in the world.

Long regarded as one of the longest-living pets you could ever own, turtles surprise many pet owners with how long they can ...

Inah Canabarro Lucas is considered the second oldest person in the world, just a month younger than Tomiko Itooka, who currently holds the world record for the oldest living person. She turned 116 ...

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Scientists were finally able to analyze the DNA in the world’s oldest cheese, which was found two decades ago smeared on 3,500-year-old mummies. New technology allowed the team to trace the ...

Remarkably, it turned out to be cheese; researchers now believe it's the oldest known cheese ever discovered, Live Science reported. "While regular cheese is soft, this one has dried out ...

Every day six and a half million people ride Tokyo Metro's nine lines, part of a dizzyingly complex transport network serving ...

But did you know the country is also known to have the oldest hotel in the world? And not just the oldest, it also has the world’s second oldest hotel as well, located in Komatsu. Nishiyama ...

Inside what was once one of Beirut’s oldest and best-known cinemas, dozens of Lebanese, Palestinians and Syrians displaced by ...

Archaeologists announced the discovery earlier this year of a strange liquid inside a 2,000-year-old glass urn of Andalusian origin which turned out to be the oldest wine ever found. The urn had ...