Looking at the ruins we can see many changes. The cities became overcrowded, with houses built on top of houses. Important buildings like the Great Bath at Mohenjo-Daro were built over. People ...

During the reign of the Ottoman Empire, the fez, or tarboosh, was more commonly worn by the urban educated elite, the effendi ...

Of all these transformational processes of the modern world, urbanization has been or has hitherto remained a movement of the population from the rural to the urban centers. Growth builds up the ...

By Islam Salah Imagine a world without highways, planes, or ships—where goods and ideas traveled on the backs of camels along ...

By Karen Taylor In a world dominated by globalization it is hard to imagine that something is unavailable for purchase. This ...

By the time of the Persian Achaemenid Empire, Tarsus was a thriving administrative centre. Under Greek influence after ...

From the historic Mishkal Mosque to the literary charm of SM Street, Kozhikode is a vibrant tapestry of cultural heritage, ...

Remember how Anne Frank didn’t miss a day to write in her diary which she named, Kitty? Anne wasn’t just scribbling dates and ...

Babylonians were using advanced geometry over 3,700 years ago. Their clay tablet, Si.427, reveals a world of surprising ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a ...

With a thoughtful and integrated approach, India can transform its rivers into a network of prosperity but caution must ...

Archaeologists were admittedly surprised by the recent unearthing of 7,000-year-old clay figurines in Kuwait that seem ...