A newly excavated horse cemetery in Germany dates to Roman times.

Gladiators battled lions and other wild animals in the arenas of the Roman Empire. But for all the tales of combat depicted in ancient texts, ...

Travel through a tapestry of history and nature, where the Via Egnatia unfolds its secrets across four countries, inviting ...

Today’s Turkey is a melting pot of 20 or so ethnic groups and styles from the very traditional to the very latest ...

It was the violent profitability of slavery as an exploitative labor system that allowed for the region to prosper, the study demonstrates.

Greek scholars made numerous and vital contributions to Italy’s Renaissance, helping bridge Eastern and Western intellectual ...

Core elements of Roman law can be traced back to the ancient Greek world. Roman law has been fundamental to the foundations ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." ...

For over two thousand years, successive societies forged the civilization of ancient Greece. From the early societies of the ...

One of the world’s most famous religious buildings, Istanbul’s Hagia Sophia was extraordinary when it was built in the sixth century, and with a history surrounded in myth, legend and controversy, it ...

Italy is home to the highest number of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in the world. These sites not only showcase Italy's ...