After years of conquest, Alexander’s exhausted veterans demanded to return home. Instead of punishing them, he delivered one of the most powerful speeches of the ancient world. He reminded them of ...

Markus Schleinzer’s fine-grained portrait depicts a fictionalized composite character who passes herself off as a hardy male farmer, drawn from hundreds of comparable cases throughout history.

The world has been falling in love with Cyprus for thousands of years. Mythological birthplace of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, this sun-kissed island was given to Cleopatra by her ...

The first permanent government of Israel, headed by David Ben-Gurion, assumed office. The Mizrachi Religious Zionist organization was founded in Vilna under the auspices of Rabbi Isaac Jacob Reines, ...

There are plenty of fans out there who vocally feel that Larry David's "Curb Your Enthusiasm" is great, but it's no "Seinfeld ...