Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland Greece and the Aegean Sea ...

Deliverance 2 has just been released. Just like its predecessor, it is known to be very historically accurate. The action of both games takes place in 1403 Bohemia (today's Czech Republic) during a ...

As the name implies, each episode of roughly an hour covers a historical topic in brief, everything from the history and uses of English castles to the Industrial Revolution. The first one I listened ...

Recently, a papyrus was unearthed from the collections of the Israel Antiquities Authority. It offers rare insights into ...

An extensive exhibition dedicated to the Dutch artist highlights her beautifully detailed still-lifes. But do these paintings ...

The phrase “To the victor go the spoils” — Latin “spolia optima” — was used during the time of the Roman Empire’s conquest of much of Europe, the Middle East and parts of Asia. In practice, conquests ...

When Alessandro Michele was growing up in Rome in the 1970s, one of his favorite pastimes was to rummage through his mother’s ...

Those who want to play a game set in the era before Kingdom Come Deliverance 2's Holy Roman Empire and seek a more arcady ...

"WALANG BANSANG pinagmumulan ang katalinuhan," as said by Jose Rizal during the Civilization VII leader spotlight, and with his announcement into the game, the Philippine National Hero will now make ...

What does it say about a society when its scholars turn increasingly to studies of the downfall of civilizations, the end of empires, the concept of human ...

From long-awaited sequels like “Gladiator II” to gritty historical dramas like “ Blitz ,” Variety’s FYC Fest: The Shortlist provides a lens into the artistic subtleties of filmmaking through dynamic ...

Many of the oldest inhabited cities in Greece are still standing against all odds. They have survived to this day to tell the ...