During the operation, authorities confiscated 3,072 coins from the Ottoman Empire, 178 coins from the Byzantine (Eastern Roman) period, and various other historical objects. In addition, the police ...

The discovery of a fig dating back 2,000 years during an archaeological dig in north Dublin, has been described as ...

I am rather fond of my native land and her robust and quirky republican traditions, but Jesus did not preach democracy nor ...

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That was the renowned Roman empire, which lasted for about 500 years. So, what caused this mighty empire to crumble into ruins? The Roman empire began in 27 B.C.E. when Augustus Caesar declared ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

There has been a path paved for him to the world of the sword-and-sandal epic with Gladiator II. Of course, considering ...

While Paul Mescal impresses in Ridley Scott’s riveting sequel, a stellar Denzel Washington rather eclipses the rest of the ...

Ridley Scott's long-anticipated return to ancient Rome is a pale shadow of its Best Picture-winning predecessor.

It's a solid piece of neoclassical popcorn, with Paul Mescal as a pensive avenger, but it's ultimately a mere shadow of ...

During the next century, Christians perished in China completely. With the fall of the Tang Dynasty in 907, China once again ...

BEIJING: In the remote village of Liqian, nestled in northwestern China’s Gansu province, a captivating myth once captured ..