A Cambodian tourist sparked a clash with Thai visitors when she posed with the national flag at a disputed ancient Khmer temple on the border. Footage shows the female holidaymaker in a long skirt ...

When the Western Roman Empire fell, its influence endured - reshaped and reasserted by those eager to carry its mantle. In this video, we explore the political and spiritual heirs of Rome across ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

As a teenager, Eid Mertah would pore over books about King Tutankhamun, tracing hieroglyphs and dreaming of holding the boy ...

Sam Kean has gone back in time, at least in practice, for his new book "Dinner with King Tut." He talks with NPR's Ayesha Rascoe about "experimental archeology" and learning about ancient cultures.

Across time and geography, the eagle has remained a constant in the world of national symbols. From ancient empires to ...

The legendary Macedonian King Alexander III, famously known as Alexander the Great (who was educated by the titanic Greek ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

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Between 1250 and 1325 CE, the Mississippian people transformed a bend in the Etowah River into the Southeast’s most powerful ...

Egypt says that Ethiopia has consistently lacked the political will to reach a binding agreement on its now-complete dam.

Turkey, one of the few countries in the world that most Americans do not visit, probably in response to the 1978 movie ...