GeoKarst is a new EU-funded project highlighting a unique landscape of caves, gorges and medieval villages near Trieste ...

As World War I dragged on, the Austro-Hungarian Empire faced growing internal crises — from weak military leadership and failing supply lines to rising nationalist movements among its many ethnic ...

The only building described in detail by Vitruvius has finally been found, after centuries of searching.

Archaeologists unearth the first physical evidence of a basilica designed by the legendary Roman architect Vitruvius.

Ziggurats were mudbrick temples designed to bridge heaven and earth, anchoring religion, power, and architecture in the ancient Near East for thousands of years.

Ukraine's spreading protests are clearly tied to a modern dilemma: Should the country's allegiance lie with President Vladimir Putin's Moscow, or with the European Union? Yet a look back into its ...

Research shows the Ishtar Temple at Assur was built on imported sand, revealing early ritual practices and the timeline of ...

The Daphni Monastery in Athens is one of the greatest Byzantine masterpieces and an example of architecture and religious iconography.

From a very real 18th century fear to the Halloween iconography we know and love—we owe it all to the enduring, mystifying appeal of the vampire. Max Schreck as the vampiric Count Orlok in F.W. Murnau ...

Cortina will co-host the 2026 Winter Olympics with Milan and is attracting ever-larger crowds, drawn by the surrounding ...

China is the second economy in the world and is bound to become the first one, but nobody wants to hold renminbi. The euro ...