In 552 AD, the Eastern Roman Empire launched a final offensive to retake Italy from the Ostrogoths. Led by the general Narses, the Roman forces confronted King Totila near the town of Taginae. What ...

Nearly 60 works from the legendary Torlonia Collection, hidden for decades, showcase the splendor of ancient Rome at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth.

Thousands of years before Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert got under President Trump's skin, ancient Greek and Roman poets and philosophers paid a heavy price for displeasing heads of state.

A Doric temple in Segesta, Sicily. Credit: Ludvig14, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 Ancient Greek architecture is one of the aspects of ancient Greece that has shaped our modern world most. It is ...

The Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi, in collaboration with Rang Manch, staged the children's theatre play "Umer Ki Bahaduri"* at Auditorium II. The play was directed by Uzma Sabeen and written by ...

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The excavation of an ancient burial in northern Latvia dating back over 5,000 years challenges long-held assumptions about the roles of women and children in Stone Age societies. Analysis of remains ...