Constantinople was officially renamed Istanbul by Atatürk’s government, capping a campaign begun in 1916 by Enver Pasha that ...

Tourism is surging in many places around the world—swarmed national parks, throngs of visitors amassing in churches and ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

This is the first time that major deities have been found depicted on a relief from an ancient Assyrian palace.

The medieval monastery clings almost impossibly to sheer cliffs high above the shimmering turquoise of the Aegean Sea.

There’s something extraordinary about walking the same streets where ancient philosophers debated, kings and queens ruled, ...

At the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate in Istanbul, Orthodox clergy and faithful welcomed the May 8 election of ...

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Archaeologists have uncovered the ruins of Lygos in North Macedonia, potentially the birthplace of Eurydice I, grandmother of ...

While Crusader Kings is the series that really introduced Paradox's complex brand of grand strategy to the wider world, the long-running Europa Universalis series has always been ...

At the heart of Venice’s globally renowned St. Mark's Square sits Biblioteca Marciana, a library filled with the ghosts of a ...

The airport in the most visited city in the world is expanding its flights this summer, and tourists will soon be able to fly ...