The Eurocentric concept of the “Dark Ages” has often obscured the rich, diverse, and sophisticated developments in Africa.

This craftsmanship was on display in Dubai, where Bvlgari arrived to showcase its Aeterna high jewellery collection, launched ...

Even encountering African Christian communities, Europeans labeled local practices as heretical, justifying colonization and ...

From 27 B.C.E. to 180 C.E., the Roman Empire saw a period of relative tranquility and prosperity now known as the Pax Romana ...

The Byzantine Empire during the late 6th to late 7th centuries was in decline. Following the reconquest of the Western provinces of Italy and North Africa under Justinian the Great, the empire was ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during the height of its power, the emperor decided to change that and leave a ...

The old world is dying, and the new one is struggling to be born. Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist philosopher and political theorist, famously wrote in his Prison Notebooks, “The old world is ...

For leaders who built empires throughout history, The Aeneid has been a blueprint for how to take over land that belongs to someone else. Now when empires are making a comeback, it's worth asking if ...

The spa building was a ruin when purchased in 2010 by the Marmara Group, a private real estate investment firm headquartered ...

BETTANY HUGHES: Close on 2,000 years ago, the Romans arrived in Britain. They ruled over our nation for almost 400 years, bringing with them Roman soldiers with deadly weaponry to build defensive ...

From ancient conquests of land, agricultural products, and trade routes to modern geopolitical struggles for natural gas, oil, and minerals, the control over resources has shaped global politics and ...

461: St Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, dies this day in 461, according to legend; his feast day is now celebrated widely ...