In the middle of Central Park stands a monument older than New York, older than Rome—and even older than Cleopatra herself. Carved over 3,000 years ago, this 200-ton Egyptian obelisk once stood in the ...

The Flaminio Obelisk, an ancient Egyptian artefact, stands tall in the Piazza del Popolo in Rome, representing a fascinating ...

Discover the Sawiris brothers, African billionaires with a combined net worth of about $16 billion, dominating industries from telecom to luxury tourism.

I. A Revealing Moment Not all great historical shifts are forged on battlefields. More often, history moves in the silence of documents and decisions than beneath the thunder of artillery. There are ...

On March 16, historical events include Robert Goddard's rocket launch, the My Lai massacre in Vietnam, and key political and cultural milestones worldwide.

Accompanied by an expert Egyptian guide, this singular small group journey through antiquity travels from vibrant Cairo and the Great Pyramids to Abu Simbel and the Upper Nile for a fascinating cruise ...

Meredith doesn’t call herself a queen of the jungle, because “my energy doesn’t speak to being a queen,” she said. “I do king ...

Every day, I sit before my TV set and watch with deep sadness the death and destruction spreading in the Middle East, and the collateral damage to the rest of the world. I can only pray that the ...

Hitler’s empire of blame went down in flames, and the empire of his spiritual heirs in Iran appears to be meeting a similar ...

Could ancient humans really have built the pyramids without extraterrestrial help? Or do such questions reveal more about modern anxieties than the past itself?