Tear bottles, believed to be a pre-Christian custom, were used to collect tears, particularly by women who lost their ...

This underrated river in the Mid-Atlantic is one of the oldest rivers on Earth—and a superb outdoor destination right in the US.

Iraqi author Enaam Kachachi’s latest novel, A Swiss Summer, explores an experimental drug to rid people of their ...

Photo: KUNDA DIXIT Throughout human history, civilisations have been named after the rivers along which they flourished: Indus Valley, Nile, Tigris-Euphrates ... the Brahmaputra before it enters India ...

The Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) headquarters, designed by the UK-based Zaha Hadid Architects, is a new landmark on the banks of the Tigris River in Baghdad ... to its storied history while honoring ...

an innovative military flotation device that helped build one of history's most formidable empires through tactical river crossing and stealth operations. History is full of myths people believe that ...

The recent discoveries on Failaka Island, at the entrance of the Persian Gulf, confirm the presence of the Macedonians there, ...

From the carefully constructed streets of Indus Valley to Egypt's lofty pyramids, from the heavens' wisdom of the Maya to the written records of the Sumerians, the earliest civilisations set the stage ...

Located in the northeastern corner of Africa, Egypt’s ancient civilization thrived along the lush banks of the Nile River, making a lasting impression on human history ... in the fertile valleys ...

Lieutenant-Commander Charles Henry Cowley took part in a suicidal mission to reinforce the besieged Kut garrison in ...