Sobia, a creamy drink made from rice, milk, coconut, and sugar, originated in medieval Egypt as a fermented beverage and evolved into a nonalcoholic Ramadan staple. Egyptian sobia is sweet, cooling, ...

Firaxis lead designer Ed Beach has revealed that Civilization VII's Update 1.3.0 will add more improvements to Persia's ...

A stolen ancient Egyptian head that was seized at TEFAF Maastricht in 2022 has been repatriated to Egypt by the Netherlands.

Ancient Greek kings used war elephants from Alexander to the Seleucids, shaping battles and empire-building across the ...

Inside a restored house in central Tehran, toys from every era, from ancient Persia to Soviet Russia and the United States, ...

The inspiration for the modern marathon comes from an ancient legend: that of Philippides a Greek messenger who ran from ...

Long before modern air conditioning burned through 12 % of the world’s electricity, ancient Persians had already solved the problem. Using wind catchers, underground water channels, and evaporative ...

Long before electricity, the people of ancient Persia engineered towering windcatchers, structures that funneled desert air ...

A study reveals that Sumer, the cradle of civilization, rose because of natural tidal irrigation that shaped the world’s ...

Excavations in the ancient Roman city Gabii have uncovered a water basin that could predate much of Roman monumental architecture. Experts believe the water basin could sit alongside another ...

Using gas chromatography-mass spectrometry, the research team identified five diagnostic biomarkers for opium: noscapine, hydrocotarnine, morphine, thebaine, and papaverine. The discovery challenges ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The powerful gods of ancient Egypt are having a get-together on Manhattan’s Upper East Side. That would be at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It’s been more than a decade since the ...