On a late-summer day in 1856, a letter carrier stepped from a mail coach in front of a three-story townhouse in Mayfair, in ...

“A strong part of our marriage has been our shared sense of ... a labor of love that took them from ancient Sumer to Synchronism. The weekend’s pre-inaugural balls and parties reflected ...

Uncover the fascinating history behind Valentine's Day, tracing back to Roman traditions of love and devotion. Explore the ...

Unlike their contemporaries in ancient Greece and Rome ... Han rulers of neighbouring China often decided it was better to bribe them with tributes and marriage alliances rather than face a prolonged ...

In Centaurs and Snake-Kings, Jeremy McInerney steers the reader around the ancient world, from Mesopotamia and Athens to western ... questions about the stability of human rituals such as marriage and ...

BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of Astyages, the Neo-Babylonian Empire of ...

AT ONE OF the earliest points of our recorded history, the remarkable culture of Mesopotamia flourished ... It has come out of the ground bit by bit, emerging from the ancient silence of its language ...

Marriage in Ancient Greece was an important union and the wedding ceremony was a three-day celebration for family and friends.

In the end, Sumer was invaded by the Elamites who came from modern-day Iran. Narrator: Hello, future people of the UK. Would you like to visit me at the dawn of civilisation in ancient Sumer?