Animals played a significant role in ancient Greek life, initially for practical use and gradually extending beyond that.

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As solo female travel continues to rise, we sat down with Angelique Chamberlain, travel writer for Los Angeles Times Studios, ...

In August 1998, Larry Page and Sergey Brin added a digital stick figure behind the second "o" in Google to signal they were ...

In the slaveholding South, ancient Egypt and its pharaohs became a way to justify slavery. For abolitionists and African Americans, biblical Egypt served as a symbol of bondage and liberation.

On a hill in north London, about 100 metres above sea level, is the capital’s only commercial scale vineyard, Forty Hall. It ...

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle editorial staff highlights images from around the world, photos courtesy of the Associated Press.

Perched majestically atop “La Cuesta Encantada” (The Enchanted Hill) in San Simeon sits Hearst Castle, a monument to one man’s extravagance that makes Disneyland look like a modest backyard playground ...

London's magnificent hidden gems, from a globe-maker in Stoke Newington to our Roman amphitheatre - London is a city of ...