In the 19th century, preserved bodies were not only ceremonially unveiled; owning one became a status symbol. “It would be ...
Discover the powerful lineage that shaped Pharaoh Hatshepsut, born into a dynasty forged by war. Her ancestors, like Pharaoh Ahmose who liberated Egypt from the Hyksos, and queens like Ahhotep and ...
The daily soap ‘Bharathi Kannamma’ telecast on Vijay TV has a large audience, and the lead actress Roshni Haripriyan, who plays Kannamma is soaring in popularity. Her followers are smitten by her ...
Children in Ancient Greece played with figurines that, much like modern Barbies, reflected the society and aspirations of ...
Among the treasures discovered in King Tut’s tomb is an elaborate pectoral with a central scarab carved from a canary-yellow material called Libyan Desert glass. Found in the sand dunes of Egypt’s ...
The 1st-century A.D. mummy of Demetrios, now at the Brooklyn Museum, was excavated from the Roman cemetery in Hawara, Egypt, in 1911. CT scans revealed that he, like a surprising number of other ...