Archaeologists working in the historic Turkish city of İznik have revealed a stunning third-century fresco depicting Jesus as the "Good Shepherd"—the only known example of this iconic Christian motif ...

Excavations in the ancient city of Hadrianopolis in the Turkish Black Sea region province of Karabuk have uncovered a fourth-century AD reception ...

The Constantinian Excerpts show how Constantine VII’s court reorganized Greek historiography into a 53‑volume thematic ...

During excavations in the village of Senon, archaeologists found three 1,700-year-old jugs packed with approximately 40,000 ...

A remarkably intact pottery vessel dating back more than 10,000 years has been recovered from the depths of Lake Biwa, Japan, marking one of the oldest and most significant ceramic discoveries in ...

Uncovered near the submerged island of Antirhodos in Alexandria's Portus Magnus, this is the first ancient Egyptian party ...

A series stone reliefs discovered in southern Turkey is truly befitting of the theater district they were found in.

There is an art to rivalry. Mastering its rules has, since ancient times, shaped cultural history over millennia.

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

Ancient Roman ideas of privacy differed radically from our own, and their communal toilets reveal a mindset almost impossible ...

Books about the Americas, photography, Cuba, rampant western hypocrisy, the Roman empire, Africa and much more ...

Straddling the Rhine River and offering a glorious blend of Swiss, German and French culture, this city satisfies history ...