This episode begins season two of the animated documentary series on the rise of the Ottoman Empire. After conquering Constantinople in 1453, the Ottomans began reshaping the city into their imperial ...

Throughout its centuries-long existence, the Hagia Sophia has been a place of worship for many different religions and ...

Castillo de San Marcos National Monument is the oldest masonry fort in the US. Built in the late 17th Century, its coquina ...

Archaeologists in Egypt are unraveling the secrets of an ancient military site used during the Ptolemaic dynasty and ...

When Robert Prevost was elected pope this week, he chose one of the most popular papal names. The lives of the Pope Leos who ...

This is the eightheenth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time ...

Dubrovnik, from the 14th century to today, has employed practices that closely align with modern-day public diplomacy principles.