The most famous gay couple of antiquity… … were possibly really just close platonic friends. Whether Alexander the Great and ...

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Discover the 10th century tunnels that housed Allied troops, a Vauban citadel and a famous sausage. A perfect half-term ...

“ Flooding the zone ,” a term borrowed from football, was former Trump adviser Steve Bannon’s way of describing the Trumpian tactic of issuing a barrage of statements whose sheer pace and multiplicity ...

Cleopatra ruled over Ancient Egypt from 51 to 30 BC and was the last ruler of the Greek Ptolemaic Kingdom in Egypt.

His body was taken to Egypt and was said to have been entombed in Alexandria, where it was venerated by everyone from Cleopatra to Julius Caesar, before disappearing in around the fifth century.

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Romanian prime minister Marcel Ciolacu announced that a team of lawyers contracted by the government managed to block the sale of the painting Saint Sebastian by the renowned artist El Greco ...

A Delhi court ordered the seizure of two of M.F. Husain's paintings after allegations that they portrayed Hindu deities in an obscene manner. The legal case, initiated by lawyer Amita Sachdeva, claims ...

Finally — Season 3 of “Young, Famous & African” has arrived, and the majority of the cast has returned for more drama and elegance. While fans have one less episode than the season before ...

Captain America: Brave New World director Julius Onah is proud of his work on the superhero movie. The upcoming Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) blockbuster will be the cinematic introduction of ...

A Delhi court has ordered the seizure of two M F Husain paintings displayed at the DAG, formerly Delhi Art Gallery, following a complaint from an advocate who called them “offensive”. Judicial ...