Waššukanni has never been found and some scholars think that it may be located in northeastern Syria. The people who lived in ...

The name of this place means “the town or city of Judah,” and it belonged to the Babylonian Empire. Its existence is known ...

The location of the Garden of Eden and the whereabouts of the Tower of Babel have perplexed theologians and historians alike for hundreds if not thousands of years. And so sparse is the information ...

Much like the ancient Romans had Romulus and Remus to thank for the foundation of their civilization, so too did the ancient Egyptians have a legendary figure that united the Upper and Lower lands – ...

Whether home to Egypt’s first pharaohs or not, Thinis became an influential political center of the 8th nome, or province, in Upper Egypt. “From the Old Kingdom (ca. 2649–2150 B.C.) on, Thinis was a ...