These are the events and people that shaped the history of travel, from early pilgrimages and the Age of Discovery, to the ...

A groundbreaking anthology This anthology with a foreword by Ranjit Hoskote consists of excerpts from ten classical works ...

Archaeologists uncovered a boundary stone, used to mark land borders during the Roman Empire, dated to a period during which ...

Ask students to step into the past to better understand the present. Can ancient drama heal contemporary campus divides? That’s what one small liberal arts college believes. Kenyon College in Ohio is ...

"Sindhu mere mann ki baat samajhti hai. Is paani mein humara itihas basta hai." These words capture a deep truth about the ...

A prophecy about Alexander the Great is found in the Jewish Book of Daniel, which was written 200 years before his birth.

Russian President Vladimir Putin hosted his Iranian counterpart Friday for the signing of a broad pact between Moscow and ...

The battle was the first in a series of victories over the Persian Empire and its strongholds ... but [was] also a pivotal moment in world history.” Alexander the Great became king of Macedonia ...

Research shows that A.D. 536 was not the worst year to be alive. Studies show that there is no textual evidence for the effects of the dust veil in the eastern Mediterranean, and there is an ...

Saul Loebmandel Ngan/AFP/Getty Images I recently learned of a viral social-media trend suggesting men spend inordinate amounts of time thinking about the Roman Empire. There’s a sly inference ...

One big moment that could see it explode once again will be the long-awaited release of its Persian Civilization DLC, the first major expansion for Myth of Empires. While it was meant to be out ...

Researchers may have finally identified the site where Alexander the Great fought the Battle of the Granicus against the Persian Empire ... pivotal moment in world history," team leader Reyhan ...