This ancient queen of Palmyra conquered Egypt, captured Roman provinces, and nearly transformed her realm into an empire ...

The Western Roman Empire fell quickly. The Eastern Empire endured for a thousand years — yet it too faced relentless migrations. Lombards in Italy. Slavs and Avars in the Balkans. Seljuk Turks in ...

The "Five Good Emperors" of the Roman Empire (Nerva, Trajan, Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius) ruled from 96 to 180 CE, an era often regarded as Rome's golden age. This period is ...

Tachi Palace reports on the rich history of casinos, evolving from ancient illegal gambling to modern, accessible establishments worldwide.

AI reimagines historical Roman figures as modern-looking people, bringing emperors, philosophers, and leaders into the present day.

In the medieval period, when Arabic chroniclers recorded eclipses, they usually noted concurrent deaths of rulers. And in Europe, a solar eclipse in 1133 was so closely associated with the 1135 death ...

The archaeological research campaign recently carried out in the territory of Flumeri, in the Italian province of Avellino, has yielded results of exceptional significance for the understanding of the ...

In 122 AD, Roman emperor Hadrian ordered the building of a wall to mark his empire’s British frontier. How long did it take ...

1896 – First US newspaper comic strip, Richard Felton Outcault’s “The Yellow Kid,” is published in William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal. 1923 – Howard Carter opens the inner burial chamber of ...

A new Castlevania game is coming. Called "Castlevania: Belmont’s Curse", the new game is currently under development by Konami, Evil Empire, and Motion Twin and will launch on PS5, Xbox Series X|S, PC ...