January happens to be the birth month of Cleopatra, who arguably tops the list of the most fascinating women in history. She was not the first queen or power figure in Egypt—there were Sobekneferu, ...

Octavian chased Anthony and Cleopatra back to Alexandria, where they were eventually captured. Anthony died in Cleopatra's arms after fatally stabbing himself, before she also committed suicide ...

Due to the suspected architectural borrowing of the Octagon from the Egyptian model of the "Pharos of Alexandria" and the additional historical facts that Arsinoë IV was murdered in Ephesos around 41 ...

A new study settled a century-long debate over whether an ancient skull found at an elaborate tomb in Ephesos, Turkey, was Cleopatra’s sister. Photo from Gerhard Weber, University of Vienna ...

Armed men tried to storm Chad's presidential palace when President Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno was inside but 18 attackers and two soldiers were killed in the failed attack, the national prosecutor said ...

The NSW Coalition vowed to work with, not against, the Minns government to solve the housing crisis. What are their ideas? Sydney’s trains, buses, metro and light rail are profitable ...

DAMASCUS - On the slopes of Mount Qasyun which overlooks Damascus, a network of tunnels links a military complex, tasked with defending the Syrian capital, to the presidential palace facing it.

Once-relegation-threatened Palace have now picked up 14 points from their last 10 top-flight contests. Enzo Maresca made six changes from Chelsea’s Ipswich defeat, including a full Premier ...

On Alexandra Palace Way two half-naked men were pulling on Mario and Luigi costumes, while up the road some smurfs bundled out of a taxi at the foot of the giant stairway to the venue. This was ...

Hello and welcome to football.london for live coverage of Chelsea's Premier League trip to Crystal Palace this afternoon. The Blues have lost back-to-back matches in the Premier League for the first ...