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 ...

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Residents’ concerns about preparatory work affecting trees along Flagstaff Road. (Image: NQ) But residents say their biggest fear is damage to the Roman Circus . “Where such impacts were not assessed, ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

Without a doubt, one of the strangest constellations in the winter heavens is Auriga, the charioteer without a chariot, schlepping a mama goat on his shoulder and her kids in the crook of his ...

Without a doubt, one of the strangest constellations in the Butler winter heavens is Auriga, the charioteer without a chariot ...

A metal detectorist in the east of England discovered a medieval seal that was made between 1200 and 1400 C.E. The seal mixes ...

What does it take to feel private in an envelope-free, password-free, lock-free inbox age? An executive engineering, though ...

Cinematographer Jules O'Loughlin tells IndieWire about working with horses, weather, and young actors for Season 2 of "Percy Jackson and the Olympians." Poseidon is the Greek God who looms largest in ...

I really wish I could have seen “Custer’s Last Fight.” No, not the real battle at the Little Bighorn in 1876. I’m talking about the epic stage play that came to downtown Wilkes-Barre 119 years ago (a ...

Have you caught the two-episode debut of Percy Jackson and the Olympians Season 2? It’s new on streaming this week, and it boasts tons of even bigger set pieces than its debut two years ago. One of ...