Whether created by ancient Egyptian scribes, medieval monks, or Mayan priests, these 26 remarkable survivors have endured ...

The Seljuks were initially a semi-nomadic pastoralist people who, in the 10th century, were likely either employed in military positions under the Khazar Khaganate or the Oghuz Yabghū state.

But can it really be that they themselves travelled, as Ibn Khurradādhbih says, throughout North Africa, western and central Asia, Transoxiana, Sindh, India and ultimately to al-Ṣīn, which perhaps ...