When people think of the historical “Celts,” they are really thinking of the various peoples that lived across the European continent adjacent to the ancient Greeks and Romans and in Britain during ...

Seventy years old this year, Henri-Georges Clouzot's Les Diaboliques is a masterclass in macabre dread – and inspired ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

France wasn't particularly known for horror in the post-war period, but it's difficult ... (1961), Robert Wise's The Haunting (1963) and Roman Polanski's Repulsion (1965), to name but a few.

Another grave, that of a teenage girl, contained thin gold shoe soles (meant, says Hiebert, for the afterlife), along with a Roman coin minted in the early first century a.d. in Gallic Lugdunum ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

It’s striking to compare the radical departure in Jesus Christ’s message from the kingdom of domination, intimidation and brutality Caesar Augustus had been championing.

Three consecutive years of drought contributed to the "Barbarian Conspiracy," a pivotal moment in the history of Roman ...

Roman ships equipped with bronze rams sank dozens of Carthaginian ships during a major naval battle in 241 BCE – now we know ...

In Ancient Palestine, numerous wars took place between the Israelites and the Philistines. What do we know about these wars?

According to the Institute for the Study of War, residents in those areas that currently possess Ukrainian licences must now apply for a Russian licence before 1 January 2026. Doing so requires a ...