As the official story of Cleopatra's death goes, the Egyptian queen locked herself in a mausoleum in Alexandria on an August day in 30 B.C.E. and sent for a venomous snake. After she received an asp, ...

The mysterious tomb of Alexander the Great may not have been found yet, but do we at least know what it looked like?

Rise and Fall, brings four ancient civilisations back to life… In an age troubled by pandemics, autocracy and rapid change, a ...

Weird things I know about Italians: if there's a stray cat around, they're going to find a moment to sneak away and feed it.