The nomadic tribes that occupied Central Asia 2,000 years ago used diamond drills to perforate gemstones when manufacturing ...

The Parthian Battery or Baghdad Battery is one of the most fascinating inventions of the ancient world preceding the batteries we use today.

Menander was born in Bactria but was brought up in Ariana (the Kabul Valley), and in the early years of his rule, he expanded his father’s kingdom to the Indus Valley and beyond—perhaps later ...