Born around 530 AD into an aristocratic family in Constantinople, Empress Sophia rose to prominence upon her marriage to ...

Sutton Hoo - first excavated by self-taught archaeologist Basil Brown in 1939 - is widely considered to be England's Valley ...

Many historians attribute its destruction to a catastrophic earthquake. According to Visit Iran, the first recorded exploration of Seymareh was conducted by Sir Henry Rawlinson in 1836, during which ...

A photography exhibition titled “Timeless Heritage” will be inaugurated at the historic Tarikhaneh Mosque in Damghan on ...

He is the Group Sports Editor at Mid-day. He has been a cricket writer since 1988 and covered the cricket World Cups of 1996 and 2003 apart from a host of international series in England ...

The Persians of the Sassanian Empire captured Alexandria in 619, but the Byzantine Empire reclaimed it in 628. The city was then conquered by Arab Muslims, led by Caliph Umar in 641, during their ...

Exemplifying the cosmopolitan nature of Buddhism during this period, it has been hypothesised that a number of people from other regions and cultures are depicted on the murals including figures ...

Despite its ambition to expand our definition of the creature to include other winged, hybrid beasts, Griffinology is hemmed in by a European framework. Facsimile of a griffin with Horus- and Seth ...