The Punic Wars from the Carthaginian perspective reveal a struggle for survival against an emerging Roman power. From the ...

After decades of war between their cities, the generals Scipio Africanus and Hannibal faced off at the Battle of Zama.

What our greatest civilizations shared wasn’t just power or prosperity—it was a fierce belief in themselves, something the ...

Imagine being blindfolded and loaded in a car, then dropped nearly four hundred miles from your house in a random field in ...

A new book argues that civilizations built on centralized wealth and power contain the seeds of their own destruction.

Greg Jenner is joined in ancient North Africa by classicist Professor Josephine Quinn and comedian Darren Harriott to learn ...

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

Although the 'Star Wars' prequels went on to feature a much more infamous conflict, a crucial battle emerged before 'The ...

Now, a new DNA analysis of a sprawling set of ancient feline remains reveal that the precursors to modern housecats ...

A bitter and bloody war in Ukraine has devastated the country, further isolated Russia from the West and fueled economic insecurity around the world. European leaders were blindsided by President ...

Use of original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. One 120 page typescript draft of essay entitled "History of Federal Construction Work ...

Since Israel and Hamas went to war, reporters and editors at The New York Times have closely covered the conflict. Our coverage includes the Hamas-led attack on Israel, the plight of hostages, how the ...