While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

From quirky tax laws to surprising deductions, this fun 10-question multiple choice quiz will test your knowledge about interesting tax facts from here and around the world. Let’s see how you do – ...

I wanted to make a point of placing the monsters within the daily life of Tokyo,” says the photographer Tess Ayano, who spent ...

From its origins — whether in Ancient Rome, medieval England ... Fools' started as a jester-led celebration during the Roman emperor Constantine's reign. The AP ran the story, and though ...

Roman museums ... interest in the ancient past shows little sign of waning. Last month Italian officials unveiled a magnificent 28-foot-high sacrificial altar dedicated by the emperor Augustus ...

When people think of the historical “Celts,” they are really thinking of the various peoples that lived across the European ...

Tax day has changed history, with examples including the Rosetta Stone, Julius Caesar’s progressive policies, Caesar Augustus ...

Like an ageing rock band contracted for one last farewell tour, in Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s back playing the hits.

New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art (the Met) is home to one of the world’s most spectacular collections of art, sculpture, and artifacts. The museum offers a wide array of exhibits spread across ...

The stone recorded the same message in three different scripts: ancient Greek ... ruler Cleopatra and that he was assassinated in the Roman Senate. But did you know he could have been a model ...

laws forbade anyone except the emperor and other dignitaries from wearing it as clothing. Silk has been found in the tombs of Egyptian mummies, and in ancient Rome it was blamed for making young ...