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 ...

James Nelson-Joyce and Jack McMullen talk to RadioTimes.com about the most shocking moments. *SPOILER WARNING* ...

A stunning study of Octavian’s victory monument in Nicopolis, Greece, reveals how massive ships gave him the edge in the 31 ...

British rock band The Beatles put out a song titled ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’. The song’s letters, LSD, were said at ...

In the coming weeks and months, courts in the U.S. will be deliberating one of the most consequential questions of our time: ...

Is there any evidence that king Atreus of Mycenae really existed? Can he be identified with the Attarsiya of ancient Hittite ...

Paqueta was charged with spot-fixing offences in four Premier League matches. Paqueta did not place any bets. The bets in question are believed to have been placed by friends and family ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

Only at the most southerly spot - the old retail park next to Cabot Circus’ car park - is a specific affordable housing development planned - a block of 56 ‘affordable apartments’.

In fact, Africa’s largest city has been dubbed the second-worst place to live in the world, just behind Syria’s capital, Damascus, which was in the midst of a civil war. Lagos, Nigeria ...

ALEX Neil confirmed that Mihailo Ivanovic volunteered to take the decisive penalty against Stoke city earlier today, which the striker promptly dispatched to give the Lions a 1-0 lead in the 92nd ...