The Via Egnatia was an ancient Roman road that ran from the Adriatic Sea to Byzantium, connecting northern ancient Greek ...

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into something remarkable. Near Arzachena, a diver spotted metal on the seabed. Curiosity ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

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The CLT, which has been embraced by the right, is now accepted by all public institutions in three states, plus the nation’s ...

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He made Japan cry: it was October 1964, Tokyo Olympics. Franco Menichelli, a 23-year-old Roman boy at the time, had ...

Historic figures like Cleopatra take on a rather mythical quality over time. Between her very real reign, torrid love life, ...

Donald Trump took time out this week from dramatic events at home and abroad to reveal three new design concepts for his proposed “Independence Arch” in Washington DC. All three renderings resemble ...

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