The many Punic settlements in north Africa and Sicily help explain admixtures from those parts of the world. But the Greek ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Nigeria is a democratic country but that does not mean it doesn't have traditional rulers who play a huge role in the country ...

Egyptian archaeologists uncovered the tomb of Pharaoh Userkaf's son in Saqqara, revealing a rare pink granite false door and ...

When you’re the emperor Augustus, they let you do it.

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only exception?

Almost immediately after dictator Bashar al-Assad fled, Syria came under attack. Israeli airstrikes have hit several hundred times since December.... Syria's dictator is gone. Its civil war is over.

Lithuania shares a 421-mile border with Belarus, led by authoritarian Alexander Lukashenko, dubbed "Europe’s last dictator." Lukashenko has been a key ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin ...

An ancient civilization on Mars was wiped out by a nuclear attack from another alien race. It might sound like the plot of a science fiction novel, but Harvard scientist Dr John Brandenburg ...

On a Saturday evening earlier this year, Cal State L.A. professor Ericka Verba and her former bandmates took the stage at Santa Monica’s Church in Ocean Park to perform a tribute to the mid-20th ...