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How did Rome manage to destroy an entire religion? Join us as we explore the history behind the fall of one of the ancient ...
Built shortly after the Roman Conquest of Britain in 43AD, the London to Brighton Way once provided a vital link to the ...
From peaches and lentils to your favourite herb, ancient Mediterranean doctors had strong opinions about what you should (and ...
In ancient Rome, public latrines weren’t just foul-smelling—they were feared as haunted spaces full of disease, danger, and demonic presence. This video explores the dark, unsanitary conditions of ...
Urban was so enamored of his digs at Castel Gandalfo that shortly after vacationing there for the first time in 1626, he ...
It’s been called a curse, a charm, even a fashion statement. The evil eye, a centuries-old belief said to repel envy and ...
Luís Vaz de Camões is the most important writer of the Portuguese Renaissance, having written Portuguese History in a way ...
A new study suggests that the ancient Catholic practice of praying the rosary may offer comparable mental health benefits to ...
Islamic conquests from the eighth century replaced Brahmi-derived scripts with Perso-Arabic in Afghanistan and Pakistan, ...
There’s a growing schism in the first American pope’s hometown. At stake is his childhood home. An auction for the house ...
Plans for the GEM were first unveiled in 1992, when a site was allocated just 2 km from the iconic Giza Pyramids for what ...
Pythagoras, one of the greatest philosophers and intellectuals of Greek history, had an obsession, or rather a dislike, for ...