In 480 BC, Persian forces led by King Xerxes I burned down the city of Athens, as well as the Acropolis, in what is called “the Persian Destruction of Athens.” The destruction of the great city took ...
At the Minnesota State Capitol, Howard Pyle’s Civil War painting “The Battle of Nashville” stands as a vivid tribute to ...
Ancient Athens was sacked four times, starting with the Persian invasion in 480 BC and ending with the Visigoth destruction ...
Fortnite Chapter 6 Season 2 is set to begin on February 21, following the end of Season 1. The new season, titled Lawless, is focused around a heist theme, bringing exciting new cosmetics, POIs ...
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Greek police officers walk outside the National Gallery, as Nikolaos Papadopoulos, member of parliament of ...
LONDON — A 16th-century painting stolen more than 50 years ago has been found - and is now at the center of a custody battle between a widow in England and a small Italian museum. “Madonna and ...
He fought in Flanders and in the Battle of the Somme, where the explosion of a grenade near the French village of La Foret fatally wounded him in the abdomen, ultimately taking his life just two weeks ...
Mahmoud Khalil, a Columbia University student who helped lead last year’s pro-Palestinian demonstrations, was detained by the Department of Homeland Security on Saturday. Photo: Jeenah Moon ...
Amid the crowd, an artist held up a special painting depicting the Prime Minister and his mother Heeraben, who died at the age of 99 in 2022. The artist was in tears as he presented his painting to ...
Meet Marley, the painting penguin: After nearly two decades, she's finally getting recognition she deserves thanks to social media. NBC News’ George Solis introduces us to Marley, who’s taking ...
He was no ordinary fugitive but none other than Pausanias, who had been regent of Laconia and the victor of the famous Battle of Plataea. Let us see how he came to such a dire situation. The ...
Lee, 47, was one of 10 artists assisting the abstract painter Julie Mehretu on a large-scale commission for the lobby of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art that would lead to the creation of ...