Without the Nile, there would be no Egypt. Throughout history, it has been crucial for transport, irrigation and even ...

Beneath the complex is the Temple of Sulis-Minerva, the original temple built by the Romans and dedicated to the goddess ...

The Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, New York, is a whimsical example of a 19th-century, eight-sided mansion.

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

New DNA analysis reveals how the rise and fall of the Roman Empire ultimately shifted the population in the Balkans.

Authoritarian regimes use architecture to reshape what the public believes by saturating public spaces with political symbols ...

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

Traditional sources and scholars have long hypothesized the location of this sacred chest. But tracing its whereabouts is ...

At Christmas time we read about King Herod who ruled Judea at the time of Jesus’s birth, and he is the villain of many ...

Scientists excavating the ruins of Pompeii have discovered a construction site left frozen in time by the eruption of Italy's ...

Coatesville’s Colton Hiller returns for a promising sophomore year, while RJ Smith and Sammy Jackson lead the backcourt for ...