Beneath the mosaic floors of Roman villas, an ingenious system of underfloor heating transformed warmth into a mark of power ...

So, while exploring GITEX Global, and Expand North Star – one of the world’s largest technology and artificial intelligence (AI) expos and its sister start-up conference in Dubai – we went hunting for ...

The AD/CE system we use to date the year was introduced, more or less by accident, during the Middle Ages. Before its ...

Rome would influence India in turn ... longstanding concept of a China-based “Silk Road” to the West (a 19th century German ...

They're virtually everywhere, but what do we actually know about vending machines? Brush up on your vending machine history ...

The Appian Way symbolized the Roman Empire’s might. Now Italy is restoring the ancient road, hoping to create a pilgrimage route through history. Rome’s third-century Arch of Drusus marks the start of ...

A major influence on Abstract Expressionists like Rothko, wherein emotional evocation trumped figuration, Angelico’s great ...

Mystery Cults in Ancient Greece and Rome,” by Damien Stone.

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This myth underscores the collaborative nature of invention and innovation ... Nero Played the Fiddle While Rome Burned Image ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...