Once the capital of ancient Ethiopia, Gondar is made up of fortresses and a palaces that used to be the home of the country's emperors. The most well-known building is the Fasil Ghebbi, which was a ...

and the grand architecture of Gondar and the Omo Valley. Binsky was also taken with Algeria in North Africa, marvelling at the spectacular remains of an ancient Roman city at Djemila. The travel ...

The image, part of a new exhibition titled Ethiopia Through the Eyes of Diplomats: Togetherness, Celebrating Diversity and Harmony, was captured by a foreign envoy. Its bleak composition — a weathered ...

Even during periods of weakened central authority at the end of the medieval Gondar dynasty (1596–1761), cooperation ... affirming Ethiopia’s ancient rights to its coastal lands and declaring his ...

Ancient China began as a group of isolated communities during the Stone Age and eventually grew into a formidable empire. Ancient Chinese people developed their own writing system and several ...

Toothache from Eating Something Cold? Blame These Ancient Fish May 22, 2025 — New research shows that dentine, the inner layer of teeth that transmits sensory information to nerves inside the ...

The latest ancient Greek archaeological find to cause a stir is a Hellenistic marble workshop, discovered during a dig on Paros, part of the Cyclades island group in the Aegean Sea. You might not ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

When Kevin Hatala asks his students on the first day of class, “What are the characteristics that make us human?” the first response they tend to give is opposable thumbs. “But if you look ...

How wholegrains saved Denmark's health: Why you should try this diet trick Analyses showed that the bread was made with coarsely ground emmer flour, an ancient variety of wheat, and lentil seeds ...

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The types of pollen and the quantities of pollen grains found at a site help researchers reconstruct ancient forests, track sea-level changes and identify the fingerprints of significant events ...