Explore the J. Vance Lewis house, built in 1907 for pioneering lawyer Joseph Vance Lewis and his wife, Pauline. Known for his ...
Rome authorities this month opened a new archaeological park and museum in the shadow of the Colosseum that features an original marble map of Ancient Rome that visitors can literally walk over.
He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...
At school, Sommer planned to specialize in sciences, but one day his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander ... an inscription in the museum bears a missive from Alexander ruling ...
By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of ... where Alexander was born, as well as the tomb of Philip and other Macedonian royals in a spectacular underground museum at Vergina ...
What Alexander achieved in his 32 years is “unique,” says Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis professor emeritus of Greek culture at the University of Cambridge, who adds that the Macedonian “redrew the map ...
Choose your own virtual adventure in Freedmen’s Town: Discover the 19th Century Bell Cistern HOUSTON,TX – During renovations in Freedmen’s Town, an unexpected treasure was uncovered—a bell cistern! It ...