Leah gives us priesthood and kingship. Rachel gives us beauty, longing, and redemption. Bilhah and Zilpah — the “secondary” ...
Commodus, Rome's infamous "mad emperor," ruled with vanity, cruelty, and gladiatorial obsession, shaping the empire's decline ...
Ahmedabad's unique Saduma na Garba ritual features men performing Garba in sarees on Navratri's Ashtami. This 200-year-old ...
Istanbul’s Süleymaniye Mosque © Imago/Alamy There are other consequences of the combination of the eternal attractions of ...
The stillness of Arabia’s arid, inhospitable landscapes is disrupted when they become a battlefield for human conflict in ...
A study suggests that the first of seven key pyramids in Egypt, the Step Pyramid of Djoser, was built using a hydraulic lift. Dated to about 4,500 years ago, this would move up the introduction of ...
The frequently goofy and energetic direction of The Elusive Samurai belies a dark story: a fictional spin on the life of the real samurai Tokiyuki Hōjō, whose family and clan is massacred by the ...