These culturally Phoenician communities associated with or ruled by Carthage became known as "Punic" by the Romans. The ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

Can "anything new be said about the Second World War", asked Adam Sisman in The Observer. "Unexpectedly the answer is yes." Among the "surprising facts" I learnt from this "revelatory book" are ...

he said his thoughts will turn both to those who served in the Second World War and those who “carry the torch of their legacy” today. “Alongside our history and our values, service is the ...

Notably, Ringbauer and his colleagues identified a pair of individuals that were likely second cousins—one ... in 146 B.C.E. during the Third Punic War. As legend has it, the Romans sowed ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

The Nazi occupation of Norway is one of the internationally lesser-known episodes of the second World War, despite it giving ... in this invaluably comprehensive history of the five-year ...

Manchester and the surrounding area was an important target for German bombers because it was a major centre of industry during the Second World War - with many large firms concentrated in ...

A little more than 12 hours before the end of the Second ... history, it was a typically Canadian thing to do. An account, quoting former guards regiment soldiers published decades after the war ...

V-E Day, on May 8, 1945, marked the end of World War II in Europe. But we're still learning that conflict's deepest lessons.