7,500-year-old pointed flint stone resembling modern-day drill bits has been discovered at a prehistoric village in Turkey's northwestern Bursa province. The ancient tool was discovered during ...
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One of the oldest religious centers in the area, Şanlıurfa's Grand Mosque has hosted three monotheistic religions over the centuries and still stands now as a tourist attraction. The Grand Mosque ...
Read More I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones. Albert Einstein Mankind has always been very fascinated with weapons. We always ...
Read More Human beings have gone to great extents to remember their departed loved ones. While the ancient Greeks erected monuments, the Victorians created wreaths made from the hair of the dead after taking ...
Read More “I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine.” Emily Dickenson, 19th century poet With spiritual practices like ...
Read More For thousands of years, women have participated in religious observance and worked to support religious institutions — often in greater numbers than men. Unfortunately, women in leadership roles have ...
Read More A giant temple to the Aztec god of the wind and a court where the Aztecs played a deadly ball game have been discovered in the heart of Mexico City. Archaeologists unveiled the rare finds ...
Read More Having been used by numerous civilizations to preserve the body after death, the technique of mummification was also practiced in Anatolia. Although different from the one in ancient Egypt, embalming ...
Read More An ancient underground city with 52 chambers has been discovered in Turkey's central Kayseri province after shepherds and local residents informed authorities about a cave in the area, reports said ...
Read More "When the blood in your veins returns to the sea, and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you, it is you who belong to this ...
Read More Better than worshiping gods is obedience to the laws of righteousness. Buddha Buddhism is one of the most popular religions in the world and many people follow Buddhist teachings no matter what ...
Read More In recent time many people are fortunate enough to be able to strive to find work that they consider "meaningful" and "fulfilling." And even finding it there are a lot of things to be annoyed ...
Read More “Before we can begin to see the cross as something done for us, we have to see it as something done by us.” ― John R.W. Stott The cross is an ancient symbol and was in use long before the ...
Read More About 600 kilometers north of Peru, an imposing earthen mound looms over the sea. People began building the ceremonial structure, called Huaca Prieta, about 7,800 years ago. But according to a new ...
Read More There are a lot of theories over mysterious 1,300-year-old fortress-like structure located on island in middle of lake. With its island location and towering square walls that were once ...
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