His family was wealthy, and he took his inheritance and gave to less fortunate and lived a life of humility. He died on Dec.

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Discover oldest languages in the world, with some still being spoken today. From Chinese to Tamil, these ancient tongues have ...

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Poet-musician Amir Khusrau refers to the existence of an instrument called tabl that was played in royal courts ...

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Near the bend of a river in southern Germany, a team of archaeologists and volunteers gathered to excavate a 2,000-year-old ...

The ancient Celtic settlement near Altenburg ... 2nd and 1st century B.C.,” according to an article from World History Encyclopedia. The sites sat at “naturally defensible points” and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed an ancient Egyptian temple hidden in a cliff face. The temple dates to around 2,100 years ago and was discovered at the site of Athribis, located about 125 miles (200 ...

A "provocative" new piece in Nature has proposed a whole new group of ancient humans – cousins of the Denisovans and Neanderthals – that once lived alongside Homo sapiens in eastern Asia more than 100 ...