When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Pharaoh Ramesses II holding an Egyptian passport may sound like something out of a bizarre pub quiz, but it’s not a joke. Credit: Colin Hepburn / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 It sounds like something out of ...

Entry to the Acropolis costs 30 euros, 22 euros for the Louvre, and 25 euros for Hagia Sophia. The "Smile of the Mona Lisa" becomes very expensive, as if someone wants to see the painting alone, they ...

Bramley Sunnyside Junior School Year 6 pupils are contributing to a big art project in Rotherham town centre, thanks to a ...

The AHEPA Family observed Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day ceremonies in Israel this week. Also known as Yom HaShoah, the ceremonies spanned two days,... By Aphrodite Kotrotsios Aggeliki ...

and Third Intermediate Period (about 1069-664 BC) together. Nevertheless, these survivors, with the more numerous compositions known only from fragments, are enough to demonstrate the genius of the ...

Had enough of the crowds? Once you’ve seen Rome, consider a day trip to these lesser known but no less beautiful towns for ...

It turns out that the history of pipe smoking goes back to ancient times and beyond. Pipes made of copper were among the ...

I was 13 when I started shaving religiously—legs, arms, armpits—whatever hair I could reach, I would remove. I had the razor ...