The marbles in the Torlonia Collection have been inaccessible to the public for decades. Now, some of them will be exhibited ...

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The world is on the brink of nuclear annihilation. The Cold War between historically implacable foes America and the Soviet ...

Newly excavated site in Ostia Antica, dating as early as the 3rd century CE, offers fresh insight and new enigmas about the ...

Behind Putin’s war—and any discussions about peace—is a two-century-old fiction about the two countries’ unity.

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The Bank of Hindostan, General Bank of Bengal and Bengal Bank became the first banks in India to issue paper currency in the ...

Alberto Angela has made a career out of exploring his hometown. Here are his favourite spots to unearth Rome's millennia of ...

The Ottomans are one of the most interesting, yet misunderstood, dynasties in history. How did the Empire come about? Did ...

In 41 BC, Cleopatra hosted a dinner to celebrate the Roman leader Mark Antony, who was a well-known party animal. Twelve ...

Fort Worth embraces the Western cowboy, San Antonio leans into its Hispanic roots, Austin stays weird, and Houston is all ...