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The country where it’s still 2016
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 3 weeks agoOn September 11, Ethiopians will officially celebrate the beginning of the year 2017. So why is this East African country’s calendar seven years and...
Denzel Washington’s Casting as Ancient General Hannibal in Antoine Fuqua Netflix Film Sparks...
Variety via Yahoo Canada News· 7 months agoDenzel Washington being cast in Antoine Fuqua’s upcoming Netflix movie as ancient Carthaginian...
Ancient archives burned down 2,000 years ago in Turkey. The ruins were just found
Miami Herald via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoAbout 300 years after the famed Library of Alexandria burned down in Egypt, another, less well-known...
Eating around the world in New York's most diverse borough
INSIDER via Yahoo Canada News· 8 months agoThe world in one borough How nine immigrant-owned restaurants are sharing their owners’ cultures and...
Vatican formally recognizes 21 Coptic Orthodox killed in Libya as martyrs, gives them feast day
Associated Press via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoThe Vatican is formally recognizing 21 Coptic Orthodox workers who were beheaded by Islamic...
After backlash to Netflix's Black 'Queen Cleopatra,' Egypt plans counterprogramming
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoNetflix just launched its 'Queen Cleopatra' docudrama series, which depicts the Egyptian queen as Black. Now, Egypt is producing a version that doesn't.
Director of Netflix series starring a Black Cleopatra fires back at Egyptian backlash
LA Times via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoNetflix's 'Queen Cleopatra' director defended the series in a Friday essay following allegations of 'blackwashing' and falsifying ancient Egyptian history.
100 City-Inspired Baby Names, from Adelaide to Raleigh
PureWow via Yahoo Canada News· 1 year agoWhether you have found memories of your trip to Italy (hello, Luca or Siena) or simply want a name...
Why the discovery of Cleopatra's tomb would rewrite history
The Conversation via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoFrom the trinkets of the tomb to the mummy of the queen herself, the discovery of Cleopatra’s...
Tunnel found by archaeologists in Egyptian temple thought to hold Cleopatra’s lost tomb
Evening Standard via Yahoo Canada News· 2 years agoArchaeologists in Egypt have uncovered a vast underground tunnel at a temple that is thought to...