The 10 colors included shades of white, brown, red, yellow, pink, green, gray, blue, black and vitreous (glassy), which had a large range of micro-textures that were "masterfully combined to ...

A famous Roman mosaic depicting Alexander the Great is revealing new insights into antiquity. As part of an ongoing restoration, researchers have learned that the artwork’s stones came from ...

Alexander the Great is remembered today for his military conquests and empire-expanding activities (and perhaps for being the main character in that 2004 movie with terrible accents). Born in 356 ...

Alexander emerged as Philip’s most capable son and was fast-tracked to power. At just 16 years old, in 340 B.C. , he was appointed regent, empowering him to rule in Philip’s absence.

Egypt was already ancient when Alexander conquered it from the Persians in 332 before the common era. He made his way down from Gaza, and was crowned at the Temple of Ptah at Memphis and then was ...

And once the election process for a new pope begins, gatherers will turn upward each day, waiting for black or white smoke to fill the sky. Francis died on Easter Monday , April 21. He was 88 ...

The previous pope, Pius X, had mandated in 1904 that all papers related to the election, not just the ballots, be burned, "thus producing a great deal more white smoke for the final ballot and ...

The 10 colors included shades of white, brown, red, yellow, pink, green, gray, blue, black and vitreous (glassy), which had a large range of micro-textures that were "masterfully combined to ...