For Ashraf Fagih, Arabic sci-fi isn’t just an imaginative exercise, it’s an instrument for reshaping how we understand time, ...

Vlad Tepes, Vlad the Impaler, the real life dracula, is surrounded by folklore, mystery, and myth. Even during his time the stories about his famed impalings traveled all around Europe.

Plenty of real castles could pass for fantasy illustrations, but their stories are far more layered than anything in fiction.

See, that’s the funny thing about dictators. They don’t like being told what to do. Mussolini wasn’t too fond of outside criticism when he was spreading fascism throughout Italy in the 1920s ...

But Vlad the Invader has gone relatively unpunished for his war-making. The economic sanctions we’ve put on his country have created little pain and were easily circumvented. And anyway ...

By Alex Marshall Reporting from London When King Charles III last year unveiled the first official portrait of his reign, the artwork caused a stir. On social media, some users said that the ...

New portraits of the King and Queen, commissioned to commemorate their coronation in 2023, have been unveiled. The two separate full-length paintings of Charles and Camilla were made by artists ...

We may earn commission on some of the items you choose to buy. A close-up of the enameled portrait embedded in Jeremy O. Harris’s Met Gala jewelry. “There was lots of inspiration from the ...

BOSTON — Less than 24 hours after the Red Sox lost to the Blue Jays in heartbreaking fashion on a three-run, eighth-inning blast by Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Alex Cora explained why he chose not to ...

Dark, direct, soulful: The eyes of the Al Fayyum portraits stare out and invite viewers in to see the faces of Egyptians who lived thousands of years ago, when the Greek Ptolemy rule gave way to Rome.