The daughter of the Bactrian nobleman Oxyartes, Roxana was known for her beauty and intelligence. She married Alexander in 327 BCE during his campaign in Asia. Their union was a romantic and political ...

A scientific study with important implications for archaeology in Britain and France was published last week. Using ancient DNA analysis and testing, a team led by Dr Lara Cassidy and Professor Daniel ...

New DNA analysis reveals women's central role in Iron Age Britain, uncovering a matrilineal society that shaped social and political power.

When Elon Musk performed a gesture that many saw as a fascist gesture, his supporters claimed it was a Roman salute. So ...

When people choose not to believe in truth or don’t care about the truth, it is not that they then believe in nothing but ...

A groundbreaking study reveals evidence that, in Iron Age Britain, land inheritance followed the female line, with husbands ...

The traditional ceremonies that were supposed to take place on Jan. 1 and 2 at the historic Place d’Armes in Gonaïves and at the Musée du Panthéon National in Champs-de-Mars, Port-au-Prince, were held ...

The word fascism derives from the Italian fascio, the name for the bundle of sticks carried by ancient Roman officials to ...

Unprecedented sighting of a spotted hyena in Egypt after thousands of years: what this means for the changing ecosystem and ...

The Roman salute is conditionally allowed in Italy and outright banned in Germany. German chancellor Olaf Scholz responded to ...

The ancient African town of Chinguetti was once a stopover for trade caravans and pilgrims in the Sahara Desert. As many of the people passing through were rich and educated, libraries started ...

The styles of ancient Greek pottery and the strange effigies of the Olympic god Hermes which were used in ways few moderns ...