The Siege of 1453 The Siege of 1453 was a defining moment for Constantinople and the world. The city, once considered ...

Anicia Juliana was a Byzantine woman who managed to conquer the fields of architecture, using her massive wealth and noble lineage.

Discover which cities lead in size with their urban and metropolitan populations, such as Tokyo, Delhi, Shanghai and, of course, São Paulo.

This compact but rich show delves into the many facets and meanings of water as represented in the past 400 years of art history. Water, an elemental substance that gives life and shapes landscapes, ...

passing beneath the closed window of the Apostolic Palace. The pope, who normally appeared there every Sunday for the Angelus, is now conspicuously absent. Journalists attempted to familiarize ...

But compared to our tent, it feels like a palace.” Gaza’s residents rely entirely on humanitarian aid. Since the Jan. 19 truce, 400 to 600 trucks entered the enclave daily—around 4,000 per ...