The city of Iskenderun, also known as Alexandretta, in todays Turkey, was originally founded by Alexander the Great.

No travel destination in the world offers the diversity of Egypt. The country unquestionably belongs to a social and cultural ...

The 26th annual international Jewish film festival, presented by the Greater Altoona Jewish Federation, starts Feb. 20 and ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

Aciman only lived in Rome for a year; new adventures awaited in (where else?) the Bronx. With help from relatives, he applied ...

Archaeologists exploring the site of a planned 32-story office tower announced Thursday that they have unearthed the remains ...

From Hypatia's tragic end in 415 CE to her portrayal in art and literature centuries later. We'll unravel how a middle-aged ...

As pagans barricade the ancient temple, defending it with stones and clubs, tensions rise. The conflict began when Bishop Theophilus exposed a secret pagan temple, inciting fury among the pagans who ...

What was Roman Egypt like? In what ways did it differ from when the Greeks had ruled it during the Ptolemaic period?

Roman John Haas, 81, of Hutchinson passed away Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, at his home in Hutchinson. Mass of Christian Burial was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 12, at St. Anastasia ...

In the Roman period, writers including Arrian and Plutarch composed biographies of Alexander. Next, the “Alexander Romance” — ...

In the Roman period, writers including Arrian and Plutarch composed biographies of Alexander. Next, the “Alexander Romance” — first written in third-century Alexandria in Egypt — became ...