Bahata Ansumali (in pic), a software technologist turned researcher, was in town recently for the Kolkata Literary Meet.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Explore the rich history of the ancient spring festivals of the MENA region, including Akitu, Nowruz, and Shamm El-Nessim.

An ancient oceanic plate under modern-day Iraq is breaking off horizontally, researchers have shown in a new study. This huge ...

Before the current written scripts, texts, and linguistic manuscripts, there were various oldest writing systems emerging ...