New research suggests Caligula may have understood Roman medicine, complicating the traditional image of irrational cruelty ...

The Living Legends of Alexandria, a 502(c)(3) nonprofit organization, has announced its 2025 class of honorees. This year’s honorees include notable individuals whose contributions have shaped the ...

As Egypt and Romania mark 120 years of diplomatic relations in 2026, Romanian Ambassador to Cairo Olivia Toderean tells Ahram ...

The world’s first robot operated in Ancient Greece—the automatic maid was the name of a technological miracle during the ...

The life of Gaius Cornelius Gallus (ca. 70–27 BCE) shows what happened to politicians in ancient Rome who fell out of favor ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Nectanebo II never did use this sarcophagus, and tradition had long associated it with Alexander the Great. Chugg suggests ...

When we crack open a book, we’re partaking in a small miracle, joining in a tradition, millennia in the making, of preserving ...

The expansion of one of the Mediterranean’s strongest powers wasn’t only driven by conquest, but also infrastructure. By ...

New research shows that holidaymakers could save £300 by pushing their winter sun break back a couple of months.

Scientists on Wednesday sealed ancient chunks of glacial ice in a first-of-its-kind sanctuary in Antarctica in the hope of ...

Rasha El Agroudy, a visual artist and lecturer at Alexandria University's Faculty of Fine Arts, shared with Ahram Online her ...