The Mycenaeans were skilled builders and formidable warriors. They established trade networks that reached as far as Egypt ...

When we read Mark’s telling in today’s Gospel, we can see why; it has all the elements of a great story. It’s told as a retrospective in Mark: Herod Antipas’ mind almost flashes back when ...

Scribner’s rejected the unfinished novel. An earlier biographer, Robert Hemenway, regarded “The Life of Herod the Great” as the sign of a failing talent. Ms. Plant, on the other hand, sees a grand ...

Since his death in 323 BCE, the world has been obsessed with Alexander the Great, who set out from his kingdom of Macedon ... archaeologists opened the Royal Palace of Aigai to visitors. The palace ...

Among the main pieces are the set of altar candlesticks engraved with the monogram of the Duke of York, later James II (1661); two Charles II alms-dishes; and Charles II's great coronation ...

Bryan Mbeumo’s retaken 66th-minute penalty and Kevin Schade’s header 10 minutes from time gave Brentford their second successive Premier League away win and condemned Crystal Palace to their ...

Brentford marked Thomas Frank's 300th game in charge with a 2-1 win over Crystal Palace in wet and windy ... It wasn't a great game from both sides and that's why we lost." On Brentford's penalty ...

His properties, including a lavish Bandra West apartment, former homes in Bandra, and the iconic 10-acre Pataudi Palace, blend luxury with heritage. Recently, his Bandra apartment, valued at Rs 40 ...

Zora Neale Hurston (1891–1960) spent her financially distressed final decade enthralled by the life of King Herod and working on a novel about him. The books of the 1930s and ’40s that made her ...

The greatness of F Scott Fitzgerald’s novel lies in its details. But they are often overlooked. By Sarah Churchwell On 10 April 1925, the day The Great Gatsby was published, F Scott Fitzgerald wrote ...