Diwali, rooted in Hindu mythology and marking Ram’s return to Ayodhya, shares similarities with ancient global harvest and light festivals. Chroniclers note Egypt’s lamp-lighting festival honouring ...
Ancient Egyptian civilization lasted some 3,000 years; the show, which runs into January, covers all periods and features ...
"Divine Egypt," a new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, features nearly 250 artifacts representing the rich ...
France's Culture Minister Rachida Dati on Sunday reported a break-in at the Louvre in Paris, as the world-renowned museum ...
Saudi Arabia marked the International Day of Intangible Cultural Heritage on October 17 by celebrating Yanbaawi art, an ...
Walk the path of a cult initiate and explore the Sanctuary of the Great Gods on the Greek island of Samothrace in this ...
Isis Briones is a writer and editor who has covered travel, fashion, and design for more than eight years. She began her career interning for magazines such as Seventeen and Marie Claire during ...
Where, oh where is Cleopatra? She's everywhere, of course—her name immortalized by slot machines, board games, dry cleaners, exotic dancers, and even a Mediterranean pollution-monitoring project. She ...