Thrasybulus was an Athenian general who restored democracy after tyranny, rebuilt Athens, and opposed Sparta's dominance.

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of ...

Athens’ victory at Marathon sparked fear that drove expansion and the fragile evolution of Athenian democracy.

Mantle (left) in natural light; Mantle (right) with Egyptian blue highlighted(Giovanni Verri, © Trustees of the British Museum) Evidence that many sculptures from ...

Brian d’Arcy James said that when he was a young actor, he couldn’t have imagined landing prominent roles in three major ...

When travel dreams take people to Europe, Italy is often their first stop. There’s something seductively charming about this ...

When you look at the world’s oldest tourist sites, their survival often feels improbable. Many of these places were built ...

Towering talipot palms in a Rio de Janeiro park are flowering for the first and only time in their lives, decades after famed ...

This season, culture wars and their origins are dissected, fascism and its opponents are profiled, and enclaves of the rich and famous are infiltrated.

The new No.1 for 2026 is a sun-soaked country in Southern Europe whose thousands of picturesque islands have made it a ...

Standing before the Parthenon at sunrise, you realize no photo or history class could prepare you for this moment.

What made Hatshepsut, Cyrus the Great, and Elizabeth I legendary? These visionary rulers shared surprising qualities that ...