The Maccabean Revolt was one of the most striking conflicts between Israelites and ancient Greeks, commemorated today through ...

Elephant populations began declining 2000 years ago not because of epidemics or migration but due to deployment in war ...

The day we celebrate as New Year’s Day began in 45 BC when Julius Caesar revised the old Roman calendar. As soon as the date ...

On Dec. 31, while many people are preparing for their New Years Eve parties, some Roman Catholic Christians will also mark ...

They were a people who conquered much of the known world, creating an empire that stretched from Britain to the shores of the Dead Sea.

With every aspect of Roman life having a specific deity to call upon, it can be tricky to make sense of the ancient pantheon ...

One of the seven ancient wonders of the world, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus has an enduring influence on architecture and ...

The terrifying indie horror game transforms into a nightmare-fueling movie produced by Blumhouse (Get Out, M3GAN, The Purge).

The year's most exciting discoveries included musket balls fired in the early days of the American Revolution, a lost ...

The Illuminate not capturing planets in Helldivers 2 is a part of their plan as they might be letting Super Earth have these ...

Archaeologists in France recently unearthed a 1,700-year-old ring engraved with an ancient religious motif. The ornately ...

Many stories about pets survive from Greco-Roman times. These stories usually attest to the close bonds humans and animals ...