The Roman Empire's enduring legacy has profoundly impacted modern politics, architecture, law, and culture. Yet, its origins ...

Small entities might once again need to relearn how to hedge between great powers. One forgotten highborn woman from history provides some ancient realist lessons.

No thread is brighter than that connecting East and West. The exchange of ideas, trade, and philosophies has shaped our world ...

The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

The Fairy Flag - Am Bratach Sith in Gaelic - has pride of place in the drawing room of Skye's Dunvegan Castle, ancestral home ...

The world capital of sherry and flamenco is also a tranquil alternative to Seville, just over an hour’s drive north. The city ...

Hammams have a rich history dating back to the Roman and Byzantine periods, when public baths were a central element of daily ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

In 249, legends say the woman who later became St. Appolonia, the patron saint of dentistry, was tortured and killed for being a Christian. Her tormentors broke her teeth with iron points and ...

Our communities in the diaspora take great pride in their history. Although immigration to the United States predated the ...

In April 2020, a sinkhole formed in front of the historic Pantheon in Rome, Italy. While the sinkhole itself was … Continue ...

Age of Empires II and Age of Mythology are coming to the PlayStation this year and with it the option to play against users on all platforms ...