The National Gallery of Art pairs art and science in a survey of some of the finest Dutch and Flemish painting of the 17th ...

Game of Thrones creator George R.R. Martin is joining up with Lion Forge Entertainment to produce a new animated movie about the fabled 12 labors of Hercules (or Heracles, as the mythic hero is ...

Teucer, a legendary Greek hero of the Trojan War, is said to have founded cities on the island of Cyprus and in Spain.

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King Assurbanipal is at the centre of the relief that has now been discovered. He is flanked by two high deities: the god Assur and the city goddess of Nineveh named Ištar. These are followed by a ...

Everyone knows Ibiza: each summer it turns into one of Europe’s craziest party island destinations. But far fewer know about ...

For the late Louis Benedict who blazed a quiet trail, In the fast paced Sri Lankan newspaper world, Journalism was not just a ...

Imagine a board meeting so momentous that its minutes would be remembered a millennium later. That meeting took place ...

Light of Asia’s ‘stunning impact in Ceylon’ forgotten and the ‘Uncrowned King’ buried One of the dozen of books that Nehru ...

Good morning and welcome back to our live coverage of the war in Ukraine. Overnight attacks saw Kyiv come under large-scale Russian drone and missile attack, with Russia launching 250 long-range ...