The Greeks of Cappadocia, in central-eastern Anatolia, created their own flourishing culture in ancient times that thrived in the region for millennia. However, the Great Catastrophe of Smyrna and ...

We explore who the Franks really were, tracing their journey from fragmented raiding groups beyond the Rhine to indispensable ...

Turkey has been in the news in recent weeks for a role it knows well: peacemaker. As tensions simmer between the United States and Iran, Turkey has attempted to bring U.S. and Iranian officials to ...

Violence is not a Jewish invention, nor is it unique to the Middle East. War is a constant of human history, regardless of ...

Stories of Indian spices, beasts, saints, and kings fired the European imagination for a thousand years. India anchored ...

The Kalevala, a poetic epic filled with myth, reflects the shared roots between Finnish and Karelian cultures.

New research suggests olive trees have been exploited for more than 6,000 years. The first Italian olive oil was produced perhaps 4,000 years ago.

The Roman Empire is remembered for its power, culture, and conquests — but its economy tells a very different story. Overspending, inflation, and poor financial planning left the empire vulnerable to ...

The world is constantly changing, and eventually, our memory alone isn't enough to portray how things really were. It can ...

Milan and Cortina will be the first Olympic cohost cities, setting the stage for a diverse Games that will showcase myriad ...

This article dives into the striking parallels-and critical differences-between ancient empires and today’s superpowers. How ...

Rome has been around for almost three thousand years and yet carries all that weight of history with a dolce vita lightness ...