Historian Bettany Hughes reveals what growing up in the ancient Roman Empire was really like – from knucklebones and wooden ...

Not even Roman emperors were so unilateral, and Qing emperors weighed the circumstances of tributary states before demanding ...

In academic circles, historians continue to be positioned as truth-seekers. This grants them immense power in determining ...

Theory Club director Jäger von Heinrich Kramer on the historical justification for working class pre-political activity.

Despite global economic reach and advanced missiles and aircraft carriers, it’s simple geography that will continue to ...

Our divisions go by names other than Paul or Apollos or Cephas, but Christians remain as (or more) divided than ever.

Traveling between these five new and newly reopened museums is both a plunge into the city’s rich history and an exploration ...

The Bellagio Fountains in Las Vegas, opened in 1998, feature more than 1,000 fountains swaying to music and enhanced by light ...

Murray Kempton was ever drawn to losers. This was what he looked for in all the faces he encountered and, life being what it is, often found. How should men behave, and what can our culture do to ...

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe speaks with Giorgos Sachinis, director of strategy and innovation at Athens Water Supply and Sewage Company, about plans to revive an ancient aqueduct built by the Romans.

From historical symbols to heat relief, these charming waterworks are enjoying a renaissance of sorts as spots to cool off in ...

No matter who occupies the White House with their fingers on the nuclear trigger, the problem is not the individual human in charge, but the system which ...