A catastrophic clash of empires, the trail of a literary genius, influential India, Louis Pasteur’s discovery and more.

Multiple ancient cultures converge at this city on the Silk Road in Central Asia, where historical attractions predate the ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The move means that roughly 1,000 staff members will either have to move to work for a new owner or take voluntary redundancy ...

Pliny the Elder’s 37 volume Naturalis Historia is the largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire. It includes ...

PALMYRA, Syria — This ancient city, once one of the most important stops on the Silk Road ... glass cases hold tantalizing glimpses of the wealth of ancient Palmyra. They include delicate Roman ...

Palmyra was considered one of the world's most intact ancient Roman sites. ISIS blew up many key monuments of this storied ...

At first glance, the Lycurgus Cup looks like a beautiful piece of Roman glassware. But when a ray of light is shined through it, it changes colour, appearing green in reflected light and red in ...

from pottery to Roman glassware, manuscripts and photographs. Make sure to do a tasting at the Lungarotti winery of their quality reds or (by appointment) a tour and tasting at their vineyard.

The Post Office has revealed plans to hand over its remaining directly-owned branches to franchisees by the autumn. It confirmed that it is offloading 108 crown branches, which are currently ...

Two Liverpool Post Offices are among the 108 branches to be offloaded, putting around 1,000 workers around the country at risk. The Post Office plans to offload its last remaining directly-owned ...