The Nigerian Armed Forces have achieved an impressive haul of 15 medals on the first day of the wrestling competition ...

As should be abundantly clear after “Napoleon,” “Robin Hood,” and “Kingdom of Heaven,” Ridley Scott is interested in history as a vehicle for studying characters and/or huge volleys of flaming arrows.

Algeria is a hidden gem of the Mediterranean. It offers an intoxicating mix of history, culture and natural beauty - with few ...

Researchers have discovered evidence of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history. The writing was etched onto clay cylinders discovered during a dig at an ancient Syrian city.

BCE clay cylinders with oldest known alphabetic writing were uncovered in Syria, challenging the origins of the alphabet.

A Near Eastern archaeologist, Schwartz studies how early urban areas developed throughout Syria and how smaller cities ...

In "Gladiator II," Denzel Washington plays Macrinus, the namesake of a historical emperor with a thrilling story.

The naumachiae seem mostly to have been recreations of famous historical engagements – in the movie, it's the Battle of ...

And his latest, Gladiator II, has already drawn the ire of historians. Details like a rhino ridden by a gladiator and sharks munching on unlucky combatants in the Colosseum have been raising eyebrows ...

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It's a city inhabited for 11,000 years and has seen empires come and go, including the Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.

Archaeologists excavated a rare Roman military site in Villeneuve-sur-Lot and uncovered a roughly 1,900-year-old thermal bath complex, photos show. Photo from L. Destrade and Inrap Digging into ...