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From the sleek, deadly triremes to the colossal tessarakonteres, ancient Greek ships inspired modern ship design.
From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these ...
The PC Gaming Show 2025 took place this afternoon, revealing over 60 trailers during their enarly three hour livestream for ...
At its best, it's Helm's Deep with stiffly-animated knights instead of orcs, and there's a lot of fun to be had in working out where to put your curtain walls, siege weapons ... walkways spiralling ...
Photo from Upper Austrian State Cultural Institution, Facebook Archaeologists in Austria recently unearthed a trio of Roman era mosaics, which shed light onto life in ancient times. The works were ...
This was likely a seasonal menu item among street vendors in the ancient city of Pollentia, a study said. Screen grab of YouTube video posted by Institute of Archaeology of the University of ...
Our History editor-in-chief Amy Briggs can explain. How often do the men in your life think about the Roman Empire? Maybe more than you think. They may not wear costumes, like these Catalan actors ...
A scattering of pock marks on Pompeii’s city walls may prove a mythological “super weapon” may have been real after all.
The Komnenos Dynasty came from obscure origins to revive the Byzantine Empire after a disastrous period of weak emperors and military setbacks. Alexios Komnenos took power in 1081 CE and began an ...
A group of university students working in the Netherlands have located a unique ancient Roman military camp, one that existed beyond the northern border of the Roman Empire. The students are studying ...
A team of university students sifted through chalky dirt in the Netherlands looking for artifacts or other traces of ancient Roman activity. For years, they’d been piecing together the site’s ...