Read on to find out more about 21 of the world’s most beautiful castles, fortified homes that are both a feast for the eyes ...

Ancient Greek trireme warships, which had three banks of oarsmen, were so effective that they enabled the rise of Athens as a ...

British writer Bernardine Evaristo has won the Women’s Prize Outstanding Contribution Award for her “transformative impact on ...

From the fairytale towers of Bavaria’s Neuschwanstein to the golden battlements of Jaipur’s Amber Fortress in India, these ...

On June 3, at 2pm, Northwood House, Cowes, will host a session titled "Rome, Art and Emperors; the Golden Age of Roman Art," delivered ... extending from 30 BC to AD 200. During this era, emperors ...

It’s early springtime in Paris and the first, frothy cherry blossoms have escaped their buds, although down by the River ...

Notwithstanding New Zealand’s support for Palestine broadening its role in the General Assembly and its support for the two-state solution, the government does not officially recognise Palestine.

The earliest compasses were most likely invented by the Chinese, around 200 BC. Some were made of lodestone ... one reason why so many Greek and Roman ruins survive today. In 1824, Portland ...

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The Roman Empire’s immense power and longevity were a result of a multifaceted combination of military prowess, sophisticated political and administrative systems, robust economic foundations ...

The roads built by the Romans in Britain continued to be used for both travel and trade in the Middle Ages for more than a thousand years after the fall of the Roman Empire, according to a recent ...