Africa has been home to powerful empires with global reach. This video highlights their colonies, trading posts, and overseas ...

Two 'stunning' stone altars discovered at a Roman fort near Edinburgh and acquired for the nation are to go on show for the ...

Black History Month should not be about trivia or symbolic firsts. It should be about unlearning—about dismantling the white perspective that framed Africa as marginal and Black people as derivative.

A casual swim off Sardinia turned into something remarkable. Near Arzachena, a diver spotted metal on the seabed. Curiosity ...

Archaeologists say a 2,200-year-old specimen is the first direct evidence of how the Carthaginian war machine used the giant mammals in the Punic Wars.

The wreck, laden with dozens of preserved amphorae, was located during a routine patrol near Gallipoli in the Apulia region.

History is often taught as if law followed a single European arc—from Roman codes to medieval courts to modern legal systems—while Africa appears governed by custom rather than law, tradition rather ...

Formal education in Africa begins early and decisively in Ancient Egypt. By the third millennium BCE, Egypt maintained ...

DNA analysis of a Roman-era skeleton found near Beachy Head suggests the woman was likely from Britain, revising earlier ...

The Oct. 7 attack was a massacre. But Israeli authorities would prefer you not call it that. The Prime Minister’s Office ...

A routine patrol by Italian police has revealed the wreck of an ancient Roman cargo vessel, with multiple amphorae still preserved on the seabed.

Hannibal led the Second Punic War against Rome and became famous for his crossing of the Alps and the 16-year campaign which ...