Overlooked, familiar, homely… These are the words traditionally associated with the apron, a detachable, workaday garment ...

Archaeologists excavating an ancient necropolis near the Nile River have uncovered a 3,500-year-old burial site of a ...

Studies in ancient technology by Forbes, R. J. (Robert James), 1900-1973. Publication date 1993 Topics Technology -- History, Technology, Technique -- Histoire Publisher Leiden ; New York : E.J. Brill ...

Unearthed in Egypt's Tarkhan Cemetery, the Tarkhan Dress, dating back to 3482-3102 BC, stands as the oldest known tailored ...

Nearly a third of the 1,500 Syrian cases that the Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research project has documented since 2012 have occurred since December alone.

Aldi will cut prices on more than 400 items across all its stores, the company announced. The move comes as President Donald Trump's sweeping tariffs have increased the costs of many staples and ...

Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international correspondents share snapshots of moments from their ...

Battered and bullet-ridden but still standing! It doesn't look it now, but this was one of the most elegant hotels in the Middle East. The Zenobia was built in the 1920s. It was named after Queen ...