Nero, who ruled from A.D. 54 to 68, is often remembered as one of history’s most notorious emperors, his reputation steeped in tales of excess and cruelty. One enduring myth claims that as a great ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a well-preserved house in ancient Pompeii, featuring frescoes depicting scenes from Greek and ...

According to ancient myths, Dionysus, the ancient Greek god of wine, invaded India long before Alexander the Great was born.

The house is striking for the high level of wall decorations. It has been provisionally named the House of Phaedra after the ...

Unfortunately for history, the realities of film production and marketing grossly distort this picture, especially in representing ancient Roman warfare. This book, by a history professor and a ...

Recent excavations uncovered a Roman monument at the Open-Air Museum of the Roman villa of Hechingen-Stein, Germany. The ...

Russell Crowe is set to wage war on the Roman Empire once more, with the Gladiator Oscar-winner set to lead the cast of the ...

Archeology and solid scholarship show that India lay at the heart of ancient world, argued historian William Dalrymple, ...

The Greeks and Romans, for example, not only sought to conquer Jewish lands but also aimed to erode Jewish identity, pushing ...

Circe Offering The Cup To Odysseus (1891) Understanding ancient mythology is essential to truly ... transformations and tragedies of ancient Greece, Rome or Scandinavia. It’s strange to think ...