With the penny being ushered out of circulation early in the 21st century, theologians, historians, archaeologists and numismatists continue to glean insights from coins of the first century, when ...

Ancient Greek vases, Etruscan artefacts and Roman relics sit alongside Michael Johnson’s golden shoes and Usain Bolt’s racing kit in a new exhibition in Milan.

Persian king Xerxes faced the Greeks in a clash where virtue and honor outweighed wealth, showing the power of belief over material gain.

Take for instance, an Egyptian granary. “Yes, it’s about grain management, but the human figure in the loin cloth tells us he is not an elite, that labourers were exploited or there was politics of ...

People that are interested in history, they don’t know [you can own an ancient artifact],’ Yasha Bykhovsky said.

The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

Whatsapp For centuries, Kashmir’s ancient past remained fragmented. Modern archaeological and numismatic research has ...

You see them everywhere while traveling. Those stunning hand-carved wooden bowls from Asia. Colorful shells scattered across ...

The Bengal Reader is an expansive anthology of Bengali writing in translation to be published in one volume. Ranging from the ...

The Abbey Library of St Gallen is a Baroque hall of globes, manuscripts and curiosities that has survived, improbably, for ...

And so, ships had cats, and so did traders’ caravans, and some of these felines stepped out nimbly at ports and settled on different continents. Domestic cats around the world today, in fact, can be ...

This Mediterranean island is a year-round destination ideal for sun-seekers, history lovers, and outdoor adventurers alike ...