Sharaa, a former Al Qaeda ally, is now president of Syria. We look at his transformation, and whether he can transform his ...

A rare Roman-era mosaic discovered beneath a farmer’s field in Rutland has been found to depict a forgotten version of the ...

A rare mosaic found beneath a farmer's field actually depicts a different historical tale than researchers previously thought ...

Prologue I learned a few things about Plato in high school and in my university classes on ancient and medieval Greek history. I improved that meager ...

The team behind what has been described as "one of the most significant mosaics discovered in the UK" have revealed that it depicts an alternative "long-lost" telling of the Trojan War. The paper is ...

Sparta represented the pinnacle of military excellence in ancient Greece, and they were both feared and respected for it. But when they were conquered by Rome in the second century BC, they suffered a ...

Pliosaurs were a group of large, short-necked marine reptiles belonging to the order Plesiosauria that thrived during the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods. They were characterized by massive skulls, ...

Excavations in central China uncovered a 5,000-year-old tomb filled with artifacts from the Dawenkou Culture. Experts believe the size of the tomb and wealth of the artifacts show the owner was a ...

Finding the oldest Maya site ever documented was only the beginning of archaeologist Takeshi Inomata’s discoveries. After locating the Aguada Fénix site buried in the jungle of southern Mexico in 2017 ...

In the annals of military history, few names command as much respect and admiration as the Spartans. These ancient Greek warriors were legendary for their courage, skill, and ferocity on the ...

Sparta voters rejected a proposal to perform more than $80 million in upgrades to the township school district in a bond referendum vote Sept. 16. Unofficial results from the Sussex County Clerk's ...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Monday that Israel must become a "super Sparta" if it is to survive the growing global backlash over its genocidal assault on Gaza. In a speech that ...