Monday Feb 25th, 2013
Images of Ancient Nubia
For most of the modern world, ancient Nubia seems an unknown and enigmatic land. Only a handful of archaeologists have studied its history or unearthed the Nubian cities, temples, and cemeteries that once dotted the landscape of southern Egypt and northern Sudan. Nubia’s remote setting in the midst of an inhospitable desert, with access by river blocked by impassable rapids, has lent it not only an air of mystery, but also isolated it from exploration… read more »
Tuesday May 14th, 2013
The History of the World: Israel becomes a state
An extract from J.M. Roberts’s classic
Wednesday Apr 10th, 2013
Understanding the Muslim world
Oxford Islamic Studies Online partners with ALA and NEH through the Muslim Journeys Project
Sunday Jul 15th, 2012
Who really deciphered the Egyptian Hieroglyphs?
15 July 1799: The Rosetta Stone discovered
Friday Jul 13th, 2012
Titanic: One Family’s Story
Hanna Touma, from the Lebanon, to the freezing Atlantic, to Michigan
