The Irish “piggybacked” on the often-violent and exploitative empire-building of the main European powers, according to a ...

Medieval Bengal’s links to the Straits world, a narrow stretch of water connecting to Southeast Asia and beyond, are overlooked. This world saw not only ocean-going vessels, but also coastal and ...

Pope Leo XIV presided over his inaugural Mass on Sunday. Years ago, it would have included a solemn moment when the pontiff ...

By analyzing ancient and modern DNA, scientists are uncovering the genetic origins of the Greek people, shaped over millennia ...

Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

Babylon It was the name of an ancient city of Mesopotamia of the region dominated by it. He flourished on the banks of the ...

The only surviving ancient Roman cookbook reveals the ancient origins behind Europe’s most iconic dishes and flavors.

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At the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, two major powers vied for the Mediterranean. In the west, the Romans had recently ...

Gérard Depardieu was removed from a flight heading from Paris to Dublin after being observed urinating into a bottle. Then 62 ...

Roman Grand Strategy Under Tiberius (Bokförlaget Stolpe, 2024) In AD 9, three Roman legions suffered a massacre in a ...

Re “City Hall considers abandoning plan to replace Rikers with borough jails” (May 3): Mayor Adams’ purported attempt to ...