Fans of Monty Python's Life of Brian will be familiar with John Cleese's laughable dismissal of Roman influence over Judea.

Europe is full of historical sites and popular tourist destinations that draw millions of visitors every year. If you have ...

On a cycling tour through La Mancha and Extremadura arranged by the tour operator Macs Adventure, I travelled between three of them, taking "a dawdling route through the back-country", far from the ...

Book at least a couple of months in advance and you can take advantage of lower-priced tickets, and make seat reservations ...

The legendary Roman empire took in every country around the Mediterranean Sea (which the Romans called “Mare Nostrum”—”Our Sea.”) It was so powerful that it managed to last for 500 years in the West ...

This isn’t the first time I’ve been lost in a kasbah. But I’ve never been in one so large, nor one where there isn’t a single ...

The show is situated in the museum’s enchanting terra-cotta arcade, which gives the displayed objects—red velvet pillows, ...

It is commonly asserted that Portugal´s international borders are the oldest in Europe. The Wikipedia entry on Portugal shows ...

William Dalrymple gives us a near-complete idea of how central India was to everything that happened in the ancient world ...

Hall i’th’ Wood has been placed on Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register, which marks sites of significant historical importance ...