Forough Alaei’s stunning photographs of a community of fisherwomen on a remote island in the Persian Gulf.

Selene, a provider of industry leading loan servicing, diligence and title solutions, today announced the appointments of Jocelyn Martin-Leanoas President, Selene Finance and Doug Whittemore as ...

While traveling the Greek world in the 2nd century CE, the geographer Pausanias visited the statue of Zeus at Olympia. The ...

Empire of the Sun’s Ask That God tour brought a massive crowd — so massive, in fact, the venue felt oversold. My friends and I couldn’t even find a seat, let alone a patch of concrete that ...

Empire’s don’t collapse; they commit inevitable suicide by destroying their primary sources of wealth: respect and industry. The American empire has existed since July 4, 1776 when it was ...

Learn how Suleiman the Magnificent transformed the Ottoman Empire into a dominant world superpower, expanding its territory ...

Lin-Manuel Miranda's infectious "In The Heights" makes a splashy return to Houston with an all-new Theatre Under the Stars production. The story of Usnavi, a bodega owner whose place is the ...

A procession of gods marches across the wall of what may have been a royal mausoleum near Hattusa, capital of the lost Hittite Empire. The ancient city—in what is today central Türkiye—was ...

The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests. The ancient Romans left an indelible imprint on the world ...

The discovery also sheds light on how the Aztec society evolved — introducing more standardized religion and control before the empire fell in 1521 — by showing how obsidian use changed over time.

The Irish “piggybacked” on the often-violent and exploitative empire-building of the main European powers, according to a Dublin-based academic. Professor Jane Ohlmeyer, Erasmus Smith’s ...

The only woman ever to have ruled the mighty Assyrian Empire, Semiramis titillated writers and painters from the Roman period to the 19th century. Queen Semiramis surveys the building of Babylon ...