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 ...

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

A discovery among the ruins of the ancient city of Pompeii has revealed a long-lost secret surrounding the Roman Empire.

JOHANNESBURG -- A multistory building being constructed on top of a Hindu temple collapsed Friday in the South African town of Verulam, killing at least one person and leaving several others trapped ...

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a "luxuriously decorated cabin" and a team of 20 rowers ...

Italian designer Brunello Cucinelli premiered his legacy-defining documentary feature film “Brunello: The Gracious Visionary” ...

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

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

A Roman treasure hoard melted in a fire 1,800 years ago has been found in Histria, revealing jewelry, coins, and the life of ...

Roman concrete is pretty amazing stuff. It's among the main reasons we know so much about Roman architecture today. So many ...

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

Uncovered near the submerged island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's Portus Magnus, this is the first ancient Egyptian party ...