Gandhara, an ancient region spanning what is now northwest Pakistan and parts of east Afghanistan, was historically a crossroads linking India, Persia and other cultural centers as faraway as ancient ...
Ancient Greek and Roman sculpture has influenced ... the influence of the Gandhara art was remarkable. In the first century, Buddhism spread from Gandhara to China through the Silk Road.
The ancient Egyptians celebrated the new year in a variety of ways, including having feasts, giving gifts, and exposing statues of gods to sunlight so they could be "regenerated." When you ...
Karl Mischke … in discussing the origin of the Arabic numerals, points out that the Roman numerals from 1 to 10 originated from the primitive custom of reckoning on the fingers of the two hands ...