The Mediterranean Sea used to be filled with pirates who terrorized not only Ancient Greece but Rome as well. Long before the ...

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

After unearthing a rare collection of highly prized Silk Road artefacts, a family in the Himalayas has opened a museum dedicated to one of the fabled route's final traders.

A sacred city in Sri Lanka holds an ancient carving believed to be the world's oldest map or an ancient stargate revealing the secrets of the Universe. Sakwala Chakraya is an ancient carving ...

The world's ninth largest county, Kazakhstan is one of the fabled “5 Stans” of Central Asia but can easily stand on its own ...

Abercrombie & Kent announced the launch of Ancient Kingdoms and Dynasties: A Journey by Private Jet, combining two ...

For millennia, humanity’s greatest leaps forward have been propelled not by isolation but by connection. The historic Silk ...

The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip ... his history teacher showed pupils a map of Alexander’s travels. “My jaw fell open, hit the desk, and I went home and said, ‘I want to ...

A trove of "ancient treasures" was recently found in a third-century shipwreck near Greece. Not only did this trove include ...

Europe boasts hundreds of popular holiday destinations - but there are a number of places on the continent the Foreign Office ...