Bright white buildings, sunlit hills, delicious cuisine, and ancient ruins scattered throughout the city all make Athens one of the most incredible cities in Europe. The capital of Greece is a ...

She navigated tumultuous family rivalries and formed powerful alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark … Fact or Fiction? The Legend of the QWERTY Keyboard The QWERTY keyboard was invented by ...

Fear, Fate, and the Burden of Power by Robert Kaplan, (Yale University Press, 2023. Pp. 135). This book by Robert D. Kaplan ...

Full casting has been announced for the world première of Daisy Goodwin's By Royal Appointment directed by Dominic Dromgoole.

With Cleopatra and Julius Caesar appearing, and lots of historical easter eggs to satisfy anthropological hobbyists, Origins was a brilliant entry that's now earned a spot as a bit of an ...

F. Scott Fitzgerald’s novel, published 100 years ago this week, was not popular in the author’s lifetime. But it has come to embody American aspiration. In “One Day, Everyone Will Have Alway ...

Davis raises the bar on sheer brawniness in this action film where an American president has to fight Australian crypto-terrorists. By Beatrice Loayza In Alex Garland and Ray Mendoza’s film ...

Nothing gets kids excited about history like a gripping story. Times, people, and places that might seem dull or far away in a textbook come to living, breathing life in historical novels like the ...

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