Study reveals how olive oil shaped Greek mythology, daily life, and philosophy for 7,000 years, from ancient Crete to ...

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At Shanghai’s “On Top of the Pyramid: The Civilization of Ancient Egypt” exhibition, a meaningful portion of that total ...

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Centuries ago, the Nile River split into two and inadvertently created an island—fulfilling a piece of ancient Egyptian ...

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Researchers have carried out the most comprehensive geoarchaeological survey of Egypt's Karnak Temple near Luxor—one of the ...

Episode Graphic. Courtesy of the author. Building on insights introduced by Professor Steven Lekson in Episode 02, Dr. Weiner takes listeners deeper into the world of Chaco Canyon. Lekson described an ...

The team looked for an explanation as to why the myth involved a seventh bright star, visible to the naked eye. Running ...

Academics from the University of Southampton studied rock samples around the Karnack Temple - based near the River Nile. | ...

Prince Khaemwaset, born in the 12th century BCE, was an archaeologist of his own already ancient civilization. You could call ...