Started in 2016 by the papal foundation Aid to the Church in Need (ACN), this year more than 300 Red Wednesday events will be ...
1815: In the Second Treaty of Paris, it is agreed that France will pay indemnities after the Battle of Waterloo, ending the ...
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 ...
greatly enrich the fascinating history of the Roman city in its suburban area. It is now essential to protect and, if possible, eventually enhance parts of these structures, said Zorino. Remains of an ...
Located just south of Naples, Pompeii was founded in 600 BC and eventually grew from its Greek and Etruscan roots into a bustling Roman trading city and port. Neither rich nor poor, Pompeii was a ...
It ran northwest from the critical port of Dover, through Verulamium (modern-day St Albans) to the Roman city of Viroconium (Wroxeter near Shrewsbury) and the fort of Deva, now Chester.
Unbeknownst to a group of researchers digging near a small Italian town, a Christian basilica once stood in a Roman military ...
What appears to be evidence of some of the oldest alphabetic writing in human history is etched onto finger-length, clay ...
A 2,000-year-old section of Watling Street, one of Britain’s most important Roman roads, has been uncovered beneath London’s Old Kent Road.