In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

The ancient Greeks and Romans built astonishing monuments like the Lighthouse of Alexandria and the Hanging Gardens of Babylon, and while only the Great Pyramid of Giza remains intact, we’ve ...

In a look ahead at a week of Cambridge and Somerville events, there’s a free pi day pie potluck, comedy against cancer, Mobius performance art called “Slay,” Ukrainian folk-rock, a St. Patrick’s fun ...

Assassin’s Creed Shadows may be the latest game in the long-running series, but its feudal Japan setting places it at the ...

By: Resala Abdelrahim Port Sudan, Sudanow – Sudanese people have long been skilled in urban development, excelling in selecti ...

GRANGE: There is a good chance [the Iraqi leaders] are in a bunker. Keep in mind not all these bunkers are directly beneath a palace, mosque or hospital. They may go down 100 feet and go a block or ...

He was based at the only Anglican church in Iraq, St George's, Baghdad, a former palace of Saddam Hussein's. At the church, Kingston worked very closely with Reverend Canon Andrew White, who oversaw ...

A place where Islam and Christianity have rubbed shoulders for more than a millennium, the Andalusian city offers a rich ...

In the summer of 1976, a 20-year-old Amitav Ghosh visited some 30 plus foreign embassies in Delhi, delivering letters that ...

Today in History for March 19: ...

The caliph’s palace sits atop, and the ruins flow down ... vision to create a mosque similar to those in Damascus and Baghdad. After the fall of Al-Andalus and the Spanish Reconquista in AD ...

BC: The Romans sink the Carthaginian fleet bringing the First Punic War to an end. 37AD: Death of Roman Emperor ...