Recent archaeological discoveries have unveiled evidence of a once-thriving island empire that was previously unknown to modern historians. The findings have left archaeologists worldwide astounded, ...

Scholars have pinpointed the site of Alexander the Great's first major victory, the Battle of the Granicus, using ancient ...

Palaspata temple linked to the Tiwanaku empire has been discovered in Bolivia, an archaeological find that redefines Andean political.

Ancient DNA is spilling more secrets about the Avars, a fearsome people who built a mysterious empire that ruled much of Central and Eastern Europe for 250 years from the mid-sixth century. Primarily ...

Political assassinations in ancient Greece were both shocking and strategic, shaping the course of Alexander the Great's empire.

It has been argued in this column and elsewhere that we are now in a new age of imperial resurgence – what with the force projections abroad of Russia, Iran and Turkey proceeding in tandem with ...

In 763 BCE, within the vast and powerful Assyrian Empire centered around the city of Nineveh, a remarkable and somewhat eerie event occurred. On June 15, in the full light of day, the world ...

How often do you think about the Roman Empire? If you’re in the Empire State, it’s probably a lot. That’s because so many of our cities are named after famous places of classical antiquity. When New ...