The ancient Egyptian mummies are a timeless symbol of Egypt’s rich heritage and modern technology is discovering more of ...

Adorned with tall, slender pyramids, the wealthy Nile city of Meroë was the seat of power of Kush, an ancient kingdom and rival to Egypt. Kushite culture blended Egyptian customs into its own ...

The pyramids from the Kingdom of Kush form one of the most spectacular ... is rightly considered one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. But travel further south along the River Nile ...

(Zeinab Badawi) "And it was one of the major civilisations of the ancient ... story of Kush has been one of the great achievements of recent archaeology, showing how an energetic people on the ...

COVER STORYIn the heart of the Hindu Kush, surrounded by towering peaks, alpine meadows, pastures, cascading waterfalls, ...

The Registan is the square in the heart of the ancient ... Kush where few modern climbers dare. He noted the vibrant multiethnicity of its market cities, such as Kashgar, where he spotted people ...

Ancient DNA has revealed surprises about the identities of some people who perished in the ancient Roman town of Pompeii ...

Saf's amazing poem takes us to the Kingdom of Kush, an ancient civilisation in Africa, just south of Ancient Egypt. It is often called Nubia and had two different capital cities - the first ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.

is an archaeological world heritage site that offers a glimpse into the past of the ancient Kingdom of Kush. Part of the site consists of several pyramids which have withstood millennia. People built ...

Ben Herskowitz stood on a hill overlooking the ancient archaeological landscape of Bamiyan, nestled among the high mountains of the Hindu Kush ... to offer – culture, people, landscape ...

Countrywide, floods have killed nearly 100 people and made thousands homeless ... which was the heartland of the ancient Kingdom of Kush, is normally 500m (550 yards) from the Nile, he added.