A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and weavers to entrepreneurs and influential tavern owners ...

Scarborough’s literature festival – brings famous faces and best-selling writers to town this weekend – Friday June 6 to ...

Mythology, whether Egyptian, Greek, or Roman mythology, has played a role in all our lives as stories, myths and legends that have influenced ...

Queen Cleopatra was survived by her daughter, Cleopatra Selene, who would go on to rule a kingdom of her own in North Africa.

Africa is changing fast with some of the world’s biggest and fastest-growing cities found across the continent. Many British ...

One tomb belonged to Amum-em-Ipet, who lived during the Ramesside period (as the 19th and 20th Dynasties, the last two of the ...

One of the ancient submerged cities in the Mediterranean is found in Greece. Stories of submerged cities are as fascinating ...

Saigon remains Vietnam’s most densely populated metropolis, playing host to 9.5 million residents. In the quality of life ...

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Central Park is full of amazing attractions, but would you believe it's also home to an authentic temple piece from Ancient Egypt?

The most recent opera by John Adams receives its Met premiere. Julia Bullock stars as Cleopatra, one of theater’s most complex and captivating characters, opposite bass-baritone Gerald Finley as the ...

From sequins, to Austen to the Great Pyramids of Giza. Eithne Farry has picked out the best of May's historical fiction ...