Discover the secret Roman engineering hiding in plain sight. We explore a perfectly preserved domed bath from an emperor's villa, now a quiet Italian church, and trace how a pagan temple in a Roman ...

The Khmer Empire was one of the most powerful and advanced civilizations of the medieval world, ruling much of Southeast Asia for over 600 years. Centered around Angkor, it engineered massive temple ...

Whether you want to run a kingdom, take one over, or tear one down, these games give you the option to reshape the balance of power in their worlds.

Roland Scheel, a Scandinavian scholar leading the research, explained that primary sources were written by Christian scholars well over a century after the Viking period ended. Apart from brief runic ...

When Civilization 7 launched, its biggest competitors in the genre perhaps were Civ 6, Civ 5, and even Civ 4. We have had other efforts from elsewhere, but if you want to play a game that’s better ...

This piece is the last of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West ...

During a four-year excavation of an Etruscan well at the ancient Italian settlement of Cetamura del Chianti, a team led by a Florida State University archaeologist and art historian unearthed ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

Every entry in “Sid Meier’s Civilization” series has a learning curve. The first time players take on a campaign, it’s full of blunders. They have to dig through the new mechanic and discover they ...

The feeling will be familiar to many who have visited the great cities of history: I had come to Athens for the first time and made a pilgrimage to its democratic Assembly, Plato's Academy, and ...

When someone mentions castles in America, your mind probably jumps to Disney World or maybe some fancy mansion in California. But tucked away in Loveland, Ohio, sits a genuine medieval fortress that’s ...