The British model provides a striking contrast. Since the 1996 Treasure Act, British law has required that significant ...

When we visited King Tut’s tomb in the Valley of the Kings, we were in the midst of a guided Abercrombie & Kent tour of Egypt ...

Historians have chosen the year of the fall of Constantinople to the Ottomans, 1453, as a reference point to mark the end of ...

It was ubiquitous in the ancient world. Then, we just... forgot how to make it.

Scientists at Washington State University not only discovered how to recreate the color known as "Egyptian Blue," they also ...

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Why was Alexander the Great seen by the Romans as the greatest military leader of the ancient world? This question would ...

From grand cathedrals to political buildings, these world-famous landmarks were very nearly lost forever, surviving the ...

From Giorgio de Chirico to Aristophanes, Evelyn Waugh to Zorba the Greek, this irreverent and erudite political musing weaves ...

Over the last century or so, a great deal has been said about the god Mithras and his mysteries, which became known to the European world mainly through his Roman cultus during the Imperial Period.

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...