The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

What began as a routine intervention, a preliminary procedure for urban development in the historic heart of Regensburg, has ...

Violence is not a Jewish invention, nor is it unique to the Middle East. War is a constant of human history, regardless of ...

In the late fourth century, the sudden arrival of the Huns sent shockwaves through Eastern Europe, driving entire Gothic ...

The world is constantly changing, and eventually, our memory alone isn't enough to portray how things really were. It can ...

The figure, which was probably one part of a pair, was likely meant to symbolize the strength and power of the Roman Empire. The panther probably represented Bacchus, the Roman name for the Greek god ...

Digenes Akritas is an epic poem from the Byzantine Empire. It follows the exploits of the titular hero in the Byzantine borderlands.

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into something remarkable. Near Arzachena, a diver spotted metal on the seabed. Curiosity ...

The Roman Empire didn’t fall in one moment — it fractured first. This video explains how the division into Eastern and Western halves turned Rome into two competing powers instead of one united force.

The annexation of Cyprus was more than another milestone in Roman expansion – it was a showcase of political theatre. In the ...

Nevada was once home to Prometheus, an ancient bristlecone pine that was also the oldest living organism on the planet. Then ...

An intact Roman villa discovered beneath a Welsh park sheds new light on South Wales’s largely unknown Romano-British past.