This medicinal plant was so coveted, it was worth its weight in gold. But this ultimately brought its downfall.

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Spokeo analyzed state government information and other historical sources to compile this list of stories behind every ...

St Patrick's Day is also known as the Feast of Saint Patrick and marks the date of the Irish patron saint's death. The celebration traditionally commemorates St Patrick bringing Christianity to ...

Michelangelo was the archetypal Renaissance man who found immense fame in his lifetime and is still remembered as one of the ...

Love is in the air because Valentine's Day has arrived! Feb. 14 has long been known as a day of romance, filled with ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

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Archaeologists from the Museum of London have discovered a well-preserved part of the ancient city of London’s first Roman ...

The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.

The remains of an ancient basilica that would have formed the heart of Roman London have been uncovered during building work ...