Over two millennia ago, the Romans built a canal while battling the Celts, and scientists in France may have just […] ...

Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...

After Rome conquered Ancient Greece, it turned Sparta into a theme park, with performances for tourists showcasing its ...

Public ceremonies, lavish processions, and temporary wooden arches were commonplace after victory in Ancient Rome. But during ...

On March 17, 1992, white South Africans voted in a national referendum to end more than 40 years of apartheid. While racial ...

The Romans named the seventh day Saturday, based on the Roman god Saturn. The word means “enough.” Saturn’s reign was ...

The tenth and eleventh weekly Torah readings from Exodus, Vayakkel (35:1-38:20) and Pekekudei (38:21-40:38) deal with the construction of the Tabernacle during Moses’s time. Many readers think the ...

While Trump detractors dismiss his actions and pronouncements as chaotic and destructive, his ongoing campaign to “Make ...

Even under skies as grey as the slate they used to mine up in those mountains over there, the views this morning from the ...

France’s easternmost region, Alsace, is also one of its most enchanting — thanks largely to its location. Pressed up against ...

Origins of common household items, revealing how war, accidents, and industrial breakthroughs transformed these innovations ...