The names of foreign places can be filled with an inexplicable magic, as all travellers know, even in an age when this magic ...

On January 15, VTsIOM published its assessment of Russians' knowledge of history — the results turned out to be contradictory ...

If it was natural that the army be engaged in different wars since Muhammad Ali ruled Egypt in the early 19th century, during which his vanguards reached the outskirts of Constantinople ...

Istanbul, Europe's largest city, is one of the best city break destinations in Turkey. The city has a mix of cultural ...

Excavations at Domus Aurea, the former imperial residence of Roman emperor Nero, have yielded remnants of the rare Egyptian ...

Archaeologists excavating the Domus Aurea, Emperor Nero’s vast imperial residence in ancient Rome, have discovered containers still carrying the splendid pigments artisans used to decorate the palace ...

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...

Operating under the official title of "The Palace Museum," the Forbidden City (also known as the Imperial Palace) has been a place of wonder and mystery for more than 500 years. This massive ...

On the grounds of Emperor Nero’s grand palace, where legendary parties once shocked and amazed, archaeologists have uncovered ...

Wonder Land: With Donald Trump's executive orders affecting every facet of our lives, we may be heading to the outer limits of America’s system of checks and balances. Photo: Jim LoScalzo - Pool ...