The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

Images of plants painted on pottery made up to 8,000 years ago may be the earliest example of humans’ mathematical thought, a study has found.

On 1 October, the School for Arabic Calligraphy (madrassat tahssine al-khat al-Arabi) will be conducting an admissions test in its premises in the Bab Al-Sheariya district of Cairo for all individuals ...

Instead of pedestrian sentences, regale them with prose that sings, with language limned with the audacity to eschew ...

Archaeologists excavating a Pompeii site uncovered the secret behind the longevity of ancient Roman structures: a unique concrete mixture that could chemically repair itself over time. A recent study, ...

Roman Hemby, a Harford County native who spent four years with Maryland football, embodied the program that Terps coach Michael Locksley wanted to build: one focused on keeping local talent in state ...

The wrong styling can ruin a perfectly good message. That’s why UVA leans on the typeface used in the first printed edition ...

The waters of the Bay of Naples may seem a far cry from the deserts of modern Jordan and Saudi Arabia, home of the ancient Nabataeans, a Semitic-speaking people who established a powerful kingdom in ...

In a quiet gallery, a single turn of a Roman glass cup has rewritten what historians thought they knew about one of antiquity’s most dazzling crafts. Hidden for roughly 1,500 years in plain sight, a ...

Adelasius Ebalchus has a decidedly Latin name for a man who lived in Switzerland around 700 A.D., centuries after the western Roman Empire fell apart. That choice of name was deliberate, explains ...

Cacio e Pepe is a simple Roman pasta dish that is easy to make and tastes absolutely heavenly. This cheesy peppery Italian pasta is a favorite for a reason. More than 90 charged over alleged Minnesota ...

While SIMPLE IRAs are in some ways similar to their cousins, traditional and Roth IRAs, they also share some features with workplace retirement plans such as 401(k)s. Understanding your plan's rules ...