The defeat of Astyages in an 18th century tapestry. Credit: Public domain / Wikimedia Commons In the 6th century BC, the Near East was dominated by three powerful kingdoms: the Median Empire of ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

The Acropolis of Athens is one of the most visited world sites, but what stood on top of it before the construction of the ...

Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...

A remarkable discovery off the southern coast of Sicily has revealed a 2,500-year-old shipwreck. It was buried under 20 feet ...

Howard Chua-Eoan is a columnist for Bloomberg Opinion covering culture and business. He previously served as Bloomberg Opinion's international editor and is a former news director at Time magazine.

Nestled on the heights of Agrigento in Sicily, the Valley of the Temples stands as a majestic testament to the grandeur of ...

A sixth person has died as a result of a massive explosion of illegal fireworks over New Year's in Honolulu, police said ...

Busayra, located 20 km south of Tafileh, was the ancient capital of the Edomite Kingdom. The first record about Busayra was ...

The growing Vietnamese presence in Macau in recent years is driven by the development of the comprehensive cooperation ...

The site contains over 400 tombs, with the remains of thousands of men, women, and children, reflecting a broad social spectrum between the sixth century BC and the third century AD. The magazine ...