For centuries, the country now known as Iran was called Persia, a name taken from Persis. Within the country, however, its ...

In “Captives and Companions,” Justin Marozzi traces the stories of the eunuchs, harem women and forced laborers who ...

Timeless Tigray where footprints of the march of time and history are everywhere.

Charge and countercharge cracked back & forth last week between Benito Mussolini and Ethiopia’s kinky-haired Emperor Power of Trinity I, as to whose soldiers attacked first at Ualual in eastern Africa ...

Sobek, crocodile-headed god of the Nile; Sekhmet, leonine goddess of war; Anubis, jackal god of the underworld; and Hathor, mother goddess with a cow’s horns: The ancient Egyptian pantheon of gods was ...

The Lighthouse of Alexandria towered over the port city founded by Alexander the Great. Guiding sailors for centuries, it stood from the third century B.C. until the Middle Ages. Alexandria's colossal ...

Standing 154 feet tall, the column of Marcus Aurelius is located in the Piazza Colonna and intricately decorated with gruesome scenes of warfare Cool Finds The year’s most exciting discoveries ...

If you're craving a lot of food but don't have the funds to pay for it, check out these affordable all-you-can-eat buffets across America.

The year’s most exciting discoveries included the site where a young George Washington stopped a friendly fire incident, the missing torso of a Buddha statue and a hidden Picasso painting The magazine ...

The Greater Abyssinia Baptist Church was recently the site of a Cleveland Civil Rights Trail historical marker unveiling. The Glenville church has a rich history as a homebase in the fight for equal ...

Dec. 12, 2025 Fossils from Qatar have revealed a small, newly identified sea cow species that lived in the Arabian Gulf more than 20 million years ago. The site contains the densest known collection ...