The earliest records of pilaf date back to ancient Persia, where it was known as " pilau ." It was prepared by cooking rice ...

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 ...

Take cues from ancient wisdom and shift your mindset to transform your winter experience from daunting to delightful. People gather at Stonehenge to celebrate the winter solstice, an ancient ritual ...

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 ...

Centuries of linguist scholars built upon this foundation. They called this group of related languages the Indo-European ...

What is the origin of the ancient Macedonians? What does ancient Greek history and legend have to say about this?

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

New research reveals Sumer’s cities may have risen with the tides, rewriting the origin story of the world’s first ...

Discover how a Tang Dynasty noblewoman was buried with donkeys to play polo forever. Uncover the secrets of ancient Chinese ...