This 3D virtual aerial tour showcases the Colosseum as a central feature of Rome’s historic landscape. From above, its layered arches and circular form stand out clearly, offering a unique way to ...

Does Quetzalcóatl care if you're naughty or nice? For one Christmas in Mexico, he did, and Santa was replaced by an ancient ...

In a bid to be taken more serif-ously US Secretary of State Marco Rubio wants to ditch the Calibri typeface and use Times New ...

The Battle of Pydna in 168 BC was arguably the most consequential clash between ancient Rome and the Kingdom of Macedon.

Before oil and gas, Louisiana's first industrial boom belonged to the logging industry. With the help of backwoods swampers ...

Below the long-isolated and neglected Neapolitan neighbourhood of Rione Sanità, a vast underground network of ancient burial chambers remained mostly forgotten for centuries. Today, a social ...

The movie that most directly inspired The Hunger Games wasn’t another Hollywood blockbuster but a much older cultural idea that eventually showed up in film and storytelling: the Japanese thriller ...

A colorful, revealing visit with the famous cartoonist and counterculture icon at his home in the South of France ...

The vigil at Bondi in memory of the slain and injured gunned down by ISIS followers brought together Jews of every ...

Parricide: Throughout history, it has been sanctioned as the ultimate wickedness - an unforgivable violation of nature's laws ...

Aesop's Fables are some of the most famous ancient Greek tales with moral lessons in history, and many of the tales are used ...

The ruins of Augusta Raurica near Basel, Switzerland are home to the best-preserved Roman theater north of the Alps.