The story of Constantinople is a fascinating one that dates back millennia to when this mega-city was a small Greek town ...

Ottoman imperium eventually ended in ignominy, with defeat in World War I and the Armenian Genocide – an appalling ...

Europe is home to some of the most breathtaking palaces in the world, each one built to showcase power, wealth, and royal ...

On Shattered Lands, his book about the five partitions of the Indian Empire and the many forgotten stories attached to them ...

The Vatican Museums on Thursday unveiled the last and most important of the restored Raphael Rooms, the spectacularly ...

In the former Beverly Hills of Roman London, archaeologists were astonished to find thousands of fragments from Roman walls ...

The first thing you'll see as you approach Dubrovnik from the sky or the sea is the city walls. These ancient fortifications were built and rebuilt in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries as the ...

An English-speaking guide leads guests through the low, narrow tunnels, pointing out sealed-off passages to Tian'anmen Square, which is ten minutes away, the Forbidden City, and the Temple of Heaven.

Where to eat, shop and stay during 48 hours in Istanbul, the city of two continents. ... Get it from the hole-in-the wall shops around the Spice Bazaar. Cotton peştemal (Turkish bath sarongs) ...

Istanbul has a population of over 15 million, and half of them seem to descend on Beyoğlu and neighbouring districts on ...