The Egyptians believed that hieroglyphs offered magical protection to people in this life and the afterlife, and inscribed the signs on monuments, statues, funerary objects, and papyri.

Deepavali is celebrated annually as one of the most popular festivals, uniting communities, families and individuals across the length and breadth of India and the diaspora. Within communities, elders ...

A creeping cynicism about elections, including the recent Bihar outcome, had begun to seriously afflict me after Assembly polls in Tripura in 2018. Covering elections over decades had caused personal ...

A fragment of a cuneiform seal that’s now the first direct evidence of official communication between the kingdoms of Judah and Assyria has emerged at an archaeological site in Israel. According to ...

The phrase, inscribed on an unfired casing tied to the man arrested in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, was popular in Italy after World War II. It has recently resurfaced in a Netflix series and video games.

WWE Hall of Famer Kurt Angle has definitively stated that he will never wrestle again. The Olympic Gold medalist confirmed that the physical toll of his legendary, two-decade career has made an ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

A clay seal from the First Temple period bearing a Hebrew name that appears in the Bible has been uncovered by archaeologists at the Temple Mount Sifting Project in Jerusalem, the organization ...

With 196 States Parties, the World Heritage Convention is one of the most universally ratified in the world - proof of its influence and popularity in every corner of the globe. For the new sites ...

'Maratha Military Landscapes', representing extraordinary fortification and military system envisioned by the Maratha rulers, was on Friday (July 11, 2025) inscribed on the coveted UNESCO World ...

The White House recently nixed the Pentagon’s pick to head the country’s top spy agency and command its elite hacking force, according to three people familiar with the move. The decision not to move ...

The Galle Trilingual Inscription, a relic of China's Ming Dynasty (1368-1644) legendary navigator and diplomat Zheng He's voyages, jointly nominated by China and Sri Lanka, has been officially ...