After examinations, experts speculated that the house could have once been inhabited by Pliny the Elder, the celebrated ... have utilized it for military work. "It is likely that the majestic ...

A thick layer of volcanic mud preserved Pompeii as it was in 79 CE, offering a unique glimpse into life in the Roman Empire.

Continents and oceans have scientific definitions that underpin international law. The idea of dividing the world into ...

So much gold and silver flowed away to India to pay for these things, grumbled Pliny the Elder, that the subcontinent ... The Belfast writer will travel to the US this year to promote the series ...

Pliny the Elder wrote proudly (in 77AD ... It was sometimes used as ‘salad oil’ and in the 1840s, the cookery writer Eliza Acton recommended to her readers the kosher habit of deep-frying ...

He did so by adopting the persona of Cato the Elder, one of the most prominent ... in Greece and Rome for philosophical treatises to be written in the voice of a historical figure, Cicero makes ...

During his 50-plus years in Hollywood, the elder Shyer also directed ... Shyer, though, wanted to work in films. A spec script he had written with Mandel caught the attention of Universal, and ...

For centuries going back to Leonardo da Vinci, humans have innovated and perfected ways to protect their health amid ...

Works from 1929 and sound recordings from 1924 are now open to all in the U.S. This means all books, films, songs and art ...

“Peter is a much better writer than I am, and I’d read some of his other works and he stood out to me as one of the best writers in the world. He always tells a complex and compelling stor ...

A new Goonies movie is reportedly in the works at Warner Bros. According to Deadline, the studio is looking to shift its strategy to proven franchises, and so have put a sequel to the late ...