The battle began on March 18, 1915, when the British and French navies launched a large-scale naval assault to seize control ...

This talk examines the social history of oriental carpets, particularly the production and circulation of carpets by Armenians in the Ottoman Empire and beyond. It discusses the central role of mass ...

Excavations of an ancient Byzantine shipwreck off the coast of Fournoi near Samos, Greece are bringing new finds onto the surface.

The idea of the lazy bureaucrat can be found as far back as the idea of bureaucracy itself. Charlie Tyson charts the concept ...

The site was first settled by Thracians, and it is accepted that a Thracian cult center existed there between the XII and VI ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideological purposes. But in reality, ancient works of art were colorful, and ...

Welcome to March 20, a day that has seen its fair share of transformative events throughout history. **Scientific Milestone: ...

The race to succeed Thomas Bach as president of the International Olympic Committee reaches a climax on Thursday with Juan ...

The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

The Gallipoli Peninsula, forming the western edge of the Çanakkale Strait (the Dardanelles), is where history whispers ...