Shocking Laws Around the World That Are Still in Effect: 25 Dark Origins of Famous Characters: Have you ever seen an everyday symbol and wondered exactly where it originated from? Some symbols have ...

Starring Umberto Orsini and Ydalie Turk as grandfather and granddaughter, this obvious if sturdy Italian family drama takes ...

In Ken Burns’s newest documentary, the war for independence was also a civil war. Amid a bitter fight over history, its ...

The discovery emerged not from high-tech imaging, but a simple act of curiosity: turning a delicate glass cup around. ...

Professor Raúl Rojas has published a book about how symbols have been used throughout history in mathematics. The work was translated into English this year.

Washington State University art historian and glassblower Hallie Meredith has uncovered hidden makers’ marks on late-Roman ...

Tiny symbols engraved into ancient Roman drinkware may be more than merely decorative accents. After two years of research, ...

A new study asserts that the Bronze Age goblet may be one of the earliest known depictions of cosmology, featuring gods ...

Produced in collaboration with the UK's Lion Television and inspired by the best-selling book by Greek writer Christos Kafteranis, the 90-minute film has garnered official backing from China's ...

Ra, often depicted as a falcon-headed deity crowned with a solar disk, stands as the central figure in ancient Egyptian religion. His origins trace back to the Old Kingdom (c. 2686–2181 BCE), where he ...

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Teachers at nine high schools in northeastern Australia discovered days before an ancient history exam that they had mistakenly taught their students about the wrong Roman ...