Several ancient Roman emperors loved Greece. As the Roman Empire consolidated, Greek culture, literature, politics, and art ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

In medieval novels, Merlin the Magician was far stranger than he appears in modern pop culture. Archivists have discovered ...

Nowroz, a Farsi (Persian) term translating to ‘new day’, is a vibrant spring festival celebrated across multiple countries ...

Pranks, jokes and hoaxes are all part of the April Fools' Day tradition.How did it get started? No one really knows for ...

Official history asserts that the Jewish people have existed continuously from the time of Abraham to the present day, thanks ...

Scientists in France may be hot on the trail of a long-lost canal that the Romans built over two millennia ago while battling ...

Ancient Rome transitioned from a monarchy to a republic in 509 B.C., after its seventh king, Tarquin the Proud, was ...

Climbing the Acropolis, communing with the druids at Stonehenge, or marveling at the sprawling remains of Pompeii — exploring ...

As much as Julius Nepos refused to recognize his legitimacy and continued to hold the title in parallel until his death in ...

It is a huge archaeological discovery. But who in Ancient Egypt was it built for? Egyptologists have been left puzzled.