This dog-shaped vessel was likely used for pouring wine, oil or blood in ancient rituals in what is now Italy.

Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became ...

Harold Pinter’s The Dumb Waiter is a play that starts as if nothing is happening but racks up the tension over an enthralling ...

In history, few replies have ever carried as much weight, defiance, and wit as a single word once uttered by the Spartans: ...

The ecumenical "donation" by the Vatican furthers a campaign to press the British Museum to hand back a collection of ...