Pella reached its zenith during the 4th century BCE under the rule of Philip II and his son Alexander the Great. Alexander ...

Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including the Forum of Peace in Rome, dedicated by Emperor Vespasian; the Library of ...

Alexander Freed's new book, the first in a new trilogy about the formation of the Rebel Alliance, couldn't have released at a ...

Welcome to Everybody’s Bookstore in Rapid City, South Dakota – a bibliophile’s paradise that’s more labyrinth than shop. You ...

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In this enlightening documentary, historian Sona Datta walks us through the most vibrant city in the Indus Valley that seduced Alexander the Great and shaped the modern world. Watch the full ...

While it’s great when an app delivers some useful new functionality, we can also get just as excited about clever tweaks to an app’s design. Google Maps has been working on just such an ...

Best & Co.’s store on Manhattan’s Fifth Avenue claims to have the biggest salon; there 60 men & women operators tend a bank of 100 dryers, beautify as many as 500 customers a day. Hair-Pulling.

This world has witnessed many kings sitting on the most powerful thrones, but one king surpassed them all with his remarkable legacy. The incredible tales of Alexander the Great's bravery and ...

The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they may be somewhere else entirely. But one thing is certain: Archaeologists ...

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(CNN) — By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the ... been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon (in modern-day Greece) at the age of 20 to ...