Flavius Josephus was a Jewish aristocrat who was initially a general in the Jewish rebellion of 66-71 CE, but soon ...

The Roman Empire has never ceased to fascinate the world, even after the fall of its western half 1½ millennia ago. And with ...

Or divides, as is the case with statues of pro-slavery Confederate generals ... BJP neta Nitish Rane has called for the destruction of the Mughal emperor’s grave. The Great Bigot who died ...

Tom and Dominic conclude their journey through the colourful lives of Rome’s first Caesars, climaxing with the epic reign of Rome’s most unexpected emperor: Claudius. Show more Following the ...

from the iconic Saxmudham bronze head in the British Museum – previously thought to be the emperor Claudius, now shown to be in fact an image of his successor, the emperor Nero, to the fragment of a ...

The Ulpian Library, a great library in the center of Rome, was founded by Emperor Trajan ... sculpted facade contained life-size female statues, making it an immediately recognizable landmark.

Aurangzeb, the sixth Mughal emperor, is a controversial figure in Indian history. His tomb is in Khuldabad, Maharashtra, not in Delhi or Agra. Aurangzeb preferred a simple grave, rejecting the ...

The artifacts likely date back to the period when the Roman emperor Claudius was invading Britain. Experts think the items belonged to the Brigantes, a tribe that controlled much of northern ...

Read our privacy notice. Footage has been released showing the shocking moment two Royal Air Force engineers broke a newly-installed Paddington Bear statue in half before stealing it. Daniel Heath ...

Two RAF engineers who broke a Paddington statue have been told by a judge they are the "antithesis" of everything the bear stands for. Daniel Heath and William Lawrence, both 22 and based at RAF ...

CC BY-SA 2.0. Rome’s first emperor commissioned this beautiful and unique circular tomb in 28 BC. According to what experts have discovered over the years, it once housed the remains of Augustus ...

Archaeologists think that the tomb may be an entire replica of the Chinese city of Xi'an built to honor the first emperor of China, Qin Shi Huang, who died in 210 B.C. Kristina Killgrove is a ...