Modern sport can seem awash with money, but it’s been claimed that the richest sportsperson of all is an ancient Roman ...
In 565 AD, Constantinople stood at the peak of its power. With nearly half a million inhabitants, the capital of the Eastern Roman Empire was the largest and most magnificent city of its age. Entering ...
Ben-Hur, 1959. Directed by William Wyler. Starring Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott, Cathy O’Donnell, and Sam Jaffe. SYNOPSIS: Warner Bros.
The summer night of great orchestral music bids farewell to the Baths of Caracalla to conquer the arena of the Circus Maximus. Who knows if the emperor himself would have approved: he, son ...
In modern-day Jordan, a 1500-year old mass grave sheds light on the lives of people affected by the Plague of Justinian.
From Gladiator to Anora — our rankings of every film to take home the top Oscar since the year 2000, from worst to best ...
Looking for some activities around Greater Fall River to keep the littles busy this February break? We've got you covered.
When created in Greece in 776 BC, the Olympic games were part of a religious festival in honor of the Greek god Zeus. Along with the athletic events, which were dedicated to him, there were sacrifices ...
It’s the first film in the franchise to really dive into the culture and homeland of the Yautja (that’s the Predators’ ...
History is riddled with two alternating phases: the times when revolutions take place and the times that freewheel across the landscapes created by those revolutions. The 1950s fall into the first ...
In the circus often referred to as Tennessee politics, Governor Bill Lee took to the center ring with his final State of the ...