Being deeply learned and skilled, being well trained and using well spoken words - this is good luck. (Buddha quote) Human beings are very superstitious. There are a variety of lucky charms that ...

On a late April afternoon on 1819, Captain John Smith, who was an officer of the famous Madras regiment of the Royal British Army, went on a hunting trip near the city of Aurangabad. While running ...

Have you heard or read of those tales which inculcate accidental discovery. The one unearthing a Middleham Jewel is every bit the same. The tale This tale dates back to the month of September 1985, ...

“t is the wine that leads me on, the wild wine that sets the wisest man to sing at the top of his lungs, laugh like a fool – it drives the man to dancing... it even tempts him to blurt out ...

It may be called corny or even a farce, but the fact is that reading the coffee grounds is one of the oldest practices of fortune-telling. The origins of coffee cup readings stem from the ancient ...

'Heaven cannot brook two suns, nor earth two masters.' Alexander the Great Whether you have read the history books or not, have even an iota of interest in historical dates, kings and wars or ...

First answer these questions. What makes us think that anything has been engineered well?  Is it that it lasts the test of time? Is it because it is perfect and nothing can be added to it? It is ...

Think of the origins of that staple of modern life, the cup of coffee, and Italy often springs to mind. But in fact, Yemen is where the ubiquitous brew has its true origins. Along with the first ...

July 16, 1999 witnessed the accidental discovery of the largest Viking Silver treasure – The Spillings Hoard. The location of the discovery is a field on the Spilling farm, Northern Gotland, Sweden. ...

"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it." Julius Caesar Rome was the pinnacle of human civilization during the ancient times. The total Roman Empire was ...

The collapse of the Mayan Civilization has been a great mystery which has yet been solved by the researchers. There have new clues which have been unearthed regarding the sudden demise of the ancient ...

Immense significance is witnessed with respect to numbers. There is a probability that you too must be having that one lucky number. In fact, there are many people who decide their house number, the ...

Mavia of Arab, known as Iron Lady of ancient world, ruled over a confederation of semi-nomadic Arabs, in southern Syria, in the latter half of the fourth century. Her Arabic name Mawiyya was ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ceramic statue of a Cypriot goddess dating back 2,700 years underwater in Turkey's Mediterranean resort town of Marmaris on Saturday. The 60-cm statue was found ...

America's First Lady Melania Trump probably attracted as much public attention as her husband, US President Donald Trump, during the inauguration ceremony on January 20. This gallery is a ...