The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

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Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

At the end of the 14 th century there were two types of mill in the Netherlands: the post mill, which was a ground winder, ...

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The third floor is where the magic really happens. This is the rare book room, a sanctum of literary treasures that would ...

My initial title for this article was fossilisation of the National Library of Nigeria. After a thought, I felt it was too brutal, so I decided to choose the current title. This is to enable many ...

From Hypatia's tragic end in 415 CE to her portrayal in art and literature centuries later. We'll unravel how a middle-aged ...

The 2,000-year-old basilica was “once the beating heart of Roman London,” the Museum of London Archaeology said.

Remains of a civic basilica give archaeologists clues to what the original layout of Roman London looked like.

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