Military history expert and TV presenter Dan Snow reviews the most realistic movie battle scenes of all time. Spanning the ...

Leonidas, the legendary King of Sparta, is mostly known for leading the 300 heroic Spartans and dying with them in the Battle ...

Atop a plateau in northwest Iran, above rolling pastures hemmed in by snowcapped mountains, rest the ruins of a sanctuary at a site known as Takht-e Soleyman, or Throne of Solomon. More than 1,500 ...

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

India is actively pursuing a decolonisation agenda, moving beyond English's historical dominance. This initiative, championed ...

The program the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra is performing this weekend opens, deceptively, with a blast of quintessential ...

Alcibiades was a gifted politician and general, but he is ultimately remembered as a traitor to Athens for defecting to ...

The Amarna Letters contain records of ancient lords and rulers seeking to establish diplomatic ties with Egyptian pharaohs.

Across the surface of this Ibim mural, six faces emerge, each a chapter in a single, painful book. There is ...

Layers of forgotten civilisations shape these ancient-world books that avoid Egypt, Greece and Rome, bringing vivid echoes of ...

God willing, ibn Kathir’s narrative (Qur’an 44:37) about how the two rabbis from the Jewish kingdom of Tubba in Yemen protected the Ka’bah from destruction will set a good example for Arab and Jewish ...

India's diverse states bear names reflecting their rich cultural tapestry, drawing from local languages, Sanskrit, ancient ...