Historia/Shutterstock What Alexander achieved in his 32 years is “unique,” says Paul Cartledge, AG Leventis professor ...

By the time he died, aged just 32, he had redrawn the map of the northern ... but a pre-existing empire. “He conquered the Persian empire and its frontiers — it was his main goal,” says ...

After becoming the King of Macedon at the age of 20 in 336 BCE, Alexander spent only two years in Europe. He defeated and ...

The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alaskan peak ... "Persian Gulf" from its ...

The renaming follows an executive order signed by US President Donald Trump, who directed that several landmarks across the country be renamed ...

Elements of Byzantine and Persian ... and when this map was produced in 1886 Britain was still annexing territory at a rapid rate. Over the next three decades the British Empire took control of large ...

In the early 1990s, a burgeoning San Francisco fashion label agreed to a novel advertising campaign that sparked a citywide crime wave. The ad agency’s pitch involved placing posters for the brand’s ...

Google Maps will soon display the name "Gulf of America" instead of the "Gulf of Mexico" for users in the United States, following an official name change ordered by President Donald Trump last week.

With dreamlike imagery and bold patterns, contemporary Iranian artists have reinterpreted the Persian miniature tradition.

The Summit Historical Society has launched a project to digitize the historic maps in its collection. Summit Historical Society director Jordan Bennett said Wednesday, Feb. 5, that the nonprofit ...

Here’s how it works. A first-of-its-kind map of the United States has revealed the likely locations of huge, naturally occurring hydrogen reserves. The map, which you can explore here ...