Justice was dispensed not only to maintain order but to safeguard the moral harmony of the kingdom (which is what is lacking ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Archaeologists discovered an ancient city in North Macedonia that might be Lyncus, the capital of an ancient civilization.

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Ancient humans living about 15,000 years ago in present day Morocco may have ritualistically feasted on some of the world’s ...

Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Despite the sunscreen misinformation you might see online, ancient humans did face problems from the sun’s harmful rays ...

An earthquake in central Myanmar just unearthed an ancient structure that may be part ... Nawrahta (a prominent minister during the Burmese Kingdom)—has five grand staircases and 18 to 20 ...

Likely belonging to an elite member of the community, it’s the first local find from an ancient people group known as the Dacian. The discovery of a silver treasure hoard—this one unearthed by ...

Finally, after the Kandyan kingdom was ceded to the British, it was brought back to Kandy from Hindagala and placed in the palace. A resident custodian was appointed as Diyawadana Nilame. The custody ...

Obeyesekere’s most recent book, “The Creation of the Hunter: The Vädda Presence in the Kandyan Kingdom: A Re-Examination” (2022), builds on his previous fieldwork to analyze the history of the ...

From Rome’s holiest texts to a Chinese manuscript that wouldn’t have fit inside a shipping container, here’s our top ten list of the most important ancient documents that no longer exist ...

Sri Lanka was part of the Silk Road maritime trade route and known to the ancient Greeks as Taprobane ... and in Kandy I watch the Kandyan Dance group perform the important Peacock Dance ...