Hannibal of Carthage (modern Tunisia), a great military strategist, led elephants through the Alps to defeat Rome.

Nabataeans established a mysterious, ancient kingdom and had a reputation for great accomplishments with links to Greece and Rome.

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

The antisemitic violence in Amsterdam occurred one day before the anniversary of Kristallnacht, the Nazi-organized pogrom ...

Christianity is often viewed as an alternative to Roman religion. But in many ways, Christianity was an expression of Roman ...

Alexander the Great is one of the legendary conquerors of ancient history who sparked the imagination of generations of ...

It was like a scene from the final hours of the Roman Empire: Everywhere you looked, some prominent politician was degrading ...

It was announced recently that an old, established Roman Catholic Church in Jamestown — Saints Peter and Paul — would be closing its doors. That church has been here forever it seems, at least in my ...

You don't have to be a prime minister, civil war general, Nobel Peace Prize laureate or founding father to learn the strengths of famous leaders and better your own life. You can learn a lot from the ...

The Temple of Esna, a significant Egyptian archaeological site, has been undergoing extensive restoration works.