The map below shows the location of Alexandria and Rome. The blue line represents the straight line joining these two place. The distance shown is the straight line or the air travel distance between ...

For those who don’t know, in “Julius Caesar,” Cassius is the guy who comes up to Brutus and says something along the lines of ...

The Antikythera computer captured the ancient Greek passion for mathematics, and especially geometry, and science.

who was famous in Rome at the time. She has been identified by scholars as the model for the “St. Catherine of Alexandria” from Madrid, the woman holding the mirror in “Martha and Mary ...

The Mount Lewotobi Laki Laki volcano in south-central Indonesia has erupted, sending an ash column 26,000 feet high and ...

Besides, they would wreak havoc on Rome, or, uh, its digestion ... On the positive side, I was probably more entertaining than Mozart. Alexandra Paskhaver’s column is distributed by Cagle ...

When traveling to Italy, Father Nugent invites travelers to approach their destinations from the perspective of a pilgrim.

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In the West, the practice of exchanging rings to mark a betrothal dates back to ancient Rome, when noble families would trade ...

Lady Kitty Spencer and Princess Alexandra of Hanover are two of high society’s most ... to Michael Lewis at the Villa Aldobrandini in Frascati, with views looking onto Rome. ‘I always knew that I ...

Today, someone visiting Rome can visit Trajan’s Column ... established by the most famous library of antiquity: the Library of Alexandria. Founded and lavishly endowed by the Hellenistic kings of ...