Archaeological discoveries often reveal intriguing glimpses into the past, and recent excavations at the Taposiris Magna ...

With a particularly strong, complex taste, ancient Greek garum sauce is the result of a fermentation process involving fish ...

Ottoman Empire: In the 14th century, the Ottoman Empire conquered the city and remained under Ottoman rule for centuries.

Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

From the very beginning, Hollywood has been fascinated with ancient cultures, repeatedly drawing from biblical stories and ...

A Jewel of Ottoman Architecture, Zeyrek Cinili Hamam was commissioned by Ottoman admiral Hayreddin Barbarossa and designed by ...

Archaeologist Kathleen Martinez, from the Universidad Nacional Pedro Henríquez Ureña in the Dominican Republic, said she ...

If anything can halt the spread of the ‘ism’ that robs us of hope, trust, and agency, it’s the philosophy that is the ...

What it is: A wooden and leather shield used by a Roman soldier in battle When it was made: Second century A.D.

So in addition to investing in modern water-sourcing measures like a connection to a new artificial lake and desalination ...

Hadrian’s Aqueduct supplied water to Greece’s capital for centuries but was then largely abandoned. It’s being revived to ...

Cylinder seals from Ur, c. 2450 BC, Penn Museum, Philadelphia, USA In the first article of this series, I provided a brief historical overview of the Neo-Assyrian, Urartian, and Achaemenid empires, ...