Gary Manners

Michael Hanaghan /The Conversation When Gladiator I was released in 2000, I was a high school Classics student and the film brought Classical literature to life for me.

A recent discovery in Gibraltar has unveiled one of the most advanced manufacturing sites of the ancient world: a Neanderthal tar distillation oven dating back 65,000 years.

A recent discovery at the Drumanagh promontory fort in North Dublin is reshaping our understanding of Ireland’s Iron Age trade networks.

History is full of inventive, albeit disturbing, methods of making people squirm, confess, or simply regret their life choices.

For 275 years, the Ptolemies ruled as Egypt’s last, enduring dynasty. Each king carried the name Ptolemy, and each queen carried the name Cleopatra, Berenice, or Arsinoe.

Astronomers have observed stars that are accelerating through space at a shockingly rapid pace.

A groundbreaking discovery in southern Arizona has unveiled the oldest known firearm in the continental United States.

Thanksgiving, celebrated annually in the United States, is a time-honored tradition marked by a feast that brings together family and friends.

A groundbreaking study of 7,000-year-old remains from the Neolithic period has revealed the surprisingly early technical mastery of early Iberian societies in archery.

The site of one of Alexander the Great’s most important battles, the Battle of the Granicus River (334 BC), has been found by historians and archaeologists in the province of Çanakkale in northwestern Turkey.