An urbanite for most of my adult life, I have long enjoyed solo city breaks – I’ve taken more than 20. I love the experience ...

The Greek island has a long history of earthquakes, but what is causing the recent series of quakes has scientists perplexed.

Britain’s government confirmed Friday that the tower block in London, where 72 people died, would be demolished, provoking a ...

Years have passed, but that moment remains etched in my memory. It wasn't just about the money. It was the realization that corruption had become so normalized, so deeply infused into the fabric of ...

The Rwanda-backed rebels who captured a major city in eastern Congo have sought to reassure its residents about their safety. The rebels held a rally at the city stadium in ...

Coffee must have been the secret weapon of Greek, Slav, and Albanian mercenary units, the stratioti, that fought together throughout Europe in the 15th to 18th centuries. The stratioti must have ...

Scholars are studying an ancient scroll that has been virtually unrolled 2,000 years after it was burned to a crisp during ...

Turkey has created a digital twin of Hagia Sophia, in order to rebuild it if it gets destroyed by a catastrophic earthquake ...

The Vigiles were Rome’s own firefighters, in charge of reducing fire hazards in the city, as well as street crime.

Archaeologists discovered Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii, showing people and animals fleeing a Vesuvius eruption some 4,000 years ago.

Earthquakes are still rattling Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes. The temblors continued through the night and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered emergency plans in case the ...

During the Iron Age, the mysterious Tartessian people lived in southwest Spain. Little is known about them, but experts do ...