Travel to İzmir faces serious challenges this week as fierce wildfires continue to sweep through western Turkey, forcing ...

By Peter Edwell for The ConversationStanding in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo voices from 1,800 years ago.

The original meaning behind the cards, first created 500 years ago, still remains elusive. But that didn't stop our reporter ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

At this time of year, my social media feeds are full of pictures of people in robes standing outside cathedrals, they or their friends having been ordained. So this is a good time to reflect on what ...

Heraclitus was the ancient Greek philosopher who challenged the world through his beliefs in constant change, unity of ...

A new study argues that the pharaoh’s statues weren’t destroyed out of revenge, but were ‘ritually deactivated’ because of ...

To modern eyes, much of Pompeii’s erotic art might look like ancient pornography. But to the Romans, these images weren’t ...

Pictures have shown the wildfire in Turkey that has caused havoc at a nearby airport. A picture purportedly from the scene of ...

Excavations in the Nile Delta have revealed multi-story tower houses, a granary, a ceremonial building, and eye-catching ...

The ancient Greeks founded Naples in the first millennium BCE. What legends exist about its origin, and what does archaeology ...