As calls for boycotting Turkey and Azerbaijan gain momentum, take a look at these five countries that offer a beautiful blend ...

Excavations in Pompeii revealed that four people, including a child, tried to seek shelter from the eruption of Mount ...

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

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

Some of the most iconic historic sites in the United States were built not just to function, but to inspire. From the US ...

Located in the Occitanie region of southern France, Nîmes was often referred to as the “French Rome” due to its prosperous ...

The Parthenon temple on the Acropolis of Athens housed a colossal statue made of gold and ivory, carved by the famous ...

Quite the opposite, he grappled with the master, taking epic Greek poetry’s sound and structure and forging something distinctly Roman. It’s this deep, foundational link between Virgil and ancient ...

Archaeologists recently announced the discovery of over 100 buried horses dating back to ancient Rome – but the skeletons weren't found in Italy. The excavation took place at Bad Cannstatt ...

The current Hagia Sophia was built in the 6th century when Constantinople — as Istanbul was then called — was the heart of the Orthodox Christian Byzantine Empire that emerged as Ancient Rome ...

An installation view of “Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection.” Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago Welcome to One Fine Show, where Observer highlights a ...