Angkor Wat is the largest religious monument in the world, but it is just one of the Khmer Empire’s many Angkor temples. My visit opened my eyes to Cambodia’s past and present,…

It isn’t certain how huge limestone blocks were transported to the sites of the pyramids nor how they were raised into place. Several recent archaeological discoveries do make a…

For more than 150 years, medieval Christian knights sailed and marched to the Holy Land in hope of wresting control from Muslim rulers. Despite their undeniable zeal, the…

Over 2,000 years ago, Julius Caesar recognized the deficiencies of the Roman calendar. Hooking up with an Alexandrian astronomer, he created the solar-based Julian calendar, which…

Rising from the bloody conflicts of imperial Rome, Septimius Severus became its first emperor of African origin. He bestowed many gifts on his North African homeland, and his…