Greek fire was the mysterious weapon used by the Byzantines to destroy enemies and prospective invaders, keeping the Empire strong.

A year-by-year "what if" filling in a century-long gap of Academy Awards recognition for noteworthy stunt artistry and design ...

Scientists have recreated the elusive Egyptian blue, a pigment used by ancient Egyptian artists for thousands of years.

With predictions of a hot summer, now's the time to book your UK getaway. Cornwall's forgotten corner, heritage railways and ...

The British model provides a striking contrast. Since the 1996 Treasure Act, British law has required that significant ...

The last days of dying empires are dominated by idiots. The Roman, Mayan, French, Habsburg, Ottoman, Romanoff, Iranian and ...

All autobiography is inherently mendacious, if only by omission and with the intent of protecting the innocent. In ...

Greece dismissed Turkey's criticism over a map presented as a gift to Patriarch Bartholomew, saying the gift was "purely ...

This is the twentieth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe, Turkey, and the Near East to Georgia and ...

What was so special about Belisarius was that he accepted the bargain. Doing the right thing was enough. Serving his country, his God, and doing his duty faithfully was all that mattered. Any ...

As the Roman Empire fell into serious decline in the 5th century, there were several attempts to restore Roman power amid the ...

The famous nursery rhyme "Humpty Dumpty" from grade school tells the story of a character of fragility who took the risk of ...