Rashid's must-read, millennia-spanning history, cleverly wrought from tablets written in the world's oldest script ...

Ancient Greek geographer Strabo is one of the greatest writers in the ancient world, devoting his life to studying, writing, ...

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender ...

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

A perfectly preserved ancient tree fossil offered scientists an unprecedented view into a moment 42,000 years ago when the ...

Peter Frankopan, Oxford historian, was first enticed by history in the 1970s, during summer holidays as a child in rural Sweden visiting his maternal grandfather (his paternal line was the ancient ...

The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

Paul Fussell’s 50-year-old survey of trench warfare deserves a new generation of readers, our book critic writes.

On top of that, it's only a £60 flight from Manchester Airport. New research conducted by global travel booking platform, ...

His deep interest in Silchester, known as Calleva Atrebatum in ancient times, has heavily influenced his writing.

Many people depicted in a supposedly "groundbreaking" book on psychedelics and religion are now speaking out against it.

Authoring a book or editing a volume are among the most consequential professional achievements in an academic's life. In ...