A new exhibition is spotlighting the women who have long been sidelined in histories of the Roman Empire—from mothers and weavers to entrepreneurs and influential tavern owners ...

Humans have always loved sports—tests of skill, strength, endurance, and mettle—even before history was recorded. Sports ...

When Nick Hair and Hannah Corbacio drew up plans for a boutique hotel about a year ago, they figured on a small place with maybe five or so rooms. Not in their wildest imagination did the Pottsville ...

Bones discovered in a cesspit in Mallorca show this item was likely fried and served by urban street vendors to lower and ...

OYSTERS and “escargot” are recognised as luxury foods around the world — but they were once valued by the lower classes as cheap sources of protein. Less adventurous eaters today see snails as a ...

Johan Norberg’s history of civilisation is an impressive conceptual achievement – but it has little to say about our own age ...

The star’s leather-clad, bulked-up look is in marked contrast to the recent breed of elfin ‘hot rodent’ leading actors ...