Most historians believe that in the sixth century BCE, King Nebuchadnezzar II had the Gardens constructed as a gift for his wife, Amytis, who was homesick for her native Media (mo ...

In the thirteenth century, the Mongols achieved a string of virtually unbroken victories, gaining the largest contiguous land empire in history. In the 1240’s, they devastated Hungary, destroying the ...

Excavations at a medieval border garrison in Mongolia are rewriting the history of ancient walls, revealing that the ...

Researchers found that the Gobi Wall was built by the Xi Xia dynasty to regulate frontier life, not just defend it. The ...

Another blow came in 2021, when Philip, the longest-serving royal consort in British history, died at age 99. Images of the queen sitting alone at her husband’s funeral, which was kept small to ...

Discovered in a Tokyo warehouse, a long-lost ballad by Taiwanese pop star Teresa Teng rekindles memories of an icon whose ...