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 ...

When construction workers started churning up skeletal remains, a project to renovate a soccer field outside Vienna, Austria, ...

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

Archaeologists think that as many as 150 individuals may have been hastily buried at the site, likely after a "catastrophic" military event ...

Sanctions date back to antiquity, with the "Megarian Decree" issued by Athenian statesman Pericles in 432 BC being the first ...

They fought the Egyptians, sacked Babylon, and built elaborate cities. Then the Hittites vanished. Today, new discoveries are restoring the legend of a forgotten superpower.

Since the birth of humanity people have fought each other. Over time the ancient weapons have been replaced by more ...

There have been several important empires, cultures, and civilizations that have risen, flourished, and eventually crumbled such that there is near to negligible proof of their existence.

The gloves are off. The next chapter of U.S.-China decoupling has begun. The pain will be felt everywhere. In jacking up his tariffs on China—and pausing steep duties on dozens of other ...