The Pharaonic civilization still exercises a powerful fascination on modern humans Yet other cultures Byzantine Islamic and Copt have flourished along the Nile and helped shape todays Egypt So who are the Egyptians Do they really descend from the pharaohs There is indeed a link but the answer is nonetheless more complex since this country is at the crossroads of multiple influences and torn

Mediterranean Atlantic Saharan and Middle Eastern Morocco is the outcome of a melting pot of cultures and peoples that all shaped its identity Because of its strategic position this land and its first inhabitants the Berbers have been confronted by the great Mediterranean civilizations Phoenician Carthaginian Roman Byzantine and Arabic Morocco has seen this heritage blossom in its monuments

At the dawn of its history who could have predicted that Greece would be the cradle of the most brilliant civilization Yet its schools of thought values and inventions have spread through the ages From the abacus the voting ballot the Olympics philosophy the sciences vocabulary and of course democracy ancient Greece is everywhere in our modern societies The country today sees itself as an

At the start of the 16th century Mexico counted barely ten million people but a 3000yearold civilization With the invading Spanish conquistadors two worlds collided and merged while still preserving the heritage of the Mesoamerican cultures Olmecs Toltecs Zapotecs Mixtecs Aztecs and especially Mayans have all left their mark on this proud nation

Although quite a young nation Jordan is nevertheless the result of a long and rich history mixing Hebrews and Christians Romans and Ottomans Arabs and Europeans But above all it is the cradle of the Bedouins a fiercely independent people These nomads are the sons of the desert and the keepers of ageless traditions But who are they and where do they come from Some say they descend from the

Twelve thousand years ago Syria was the theater of the most crucial revolution for humankind the birth of agriculture and urbanism Hence civilization was born Understanding this country requires a look at its origins it follows a long and rich history made of upheavals and cultural continuities

The Norte Chico area on the central coast of Peru is home to one of the six first known human settlements in the world But how exactly did it all start Some archaeologists posit that the initial developments relied on seafood more than agriculture and therefore the first sites emerged on the coasts Others contend that the inland locations that produced cotton came earlier Answering that conundrum

The Choqekiraw site is located at an altitude of 3100m over 10000 ft in the Peruvian Andes It is often referred to as the other Machu Picchu since its rediscovery in the middle of the 19th century Thanks to recent archaeological finds made there Choqekiraw is one of the best ways to approach the Inca civilization the largest empire of preColumbian America