Although the Roman emperors were based in Rome ... Kemp noted that the ancient Egyptians also developed "an abbreviated 'long ...

Experts told Live Science it was probably the proto-Sinaitic script, which was invented about 4,000 years ago by Canaanite ...

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Cleopatra, and Marc Antony spent time in their decadent love affair on the Greek island of Samos in the summer of 32 B.C.

Dr Katy Sinka, consultant epidemiologist and head of the STI section at the UK Health Security Agency, said: “Gonorrhoea is ...

King Charles and Queen Camilla shared new photos of them in Rome for their 20th wedding anniversary. See the images, here.

In dialogue with Tisby and Laser, Denker discussed her research into the history and incubators of white Christian ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

This silver amulet, long buried in the earth, now stands to rewrite the story of how Christianity emerged and spread across ...

The translation of ancient Assyrian writing into modern languages was a challenge that had long vexed historians. Three ...

The Italian luxury house led by Silvia Venturini Fendi is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. With a history shaped ...

A new exhibition at the London Museum Docklands spotlights hundreds of mudlarking finds, from Bronze Age tools to Viking ...