As silk fabrics became all the rage in imperial Rome, explorers and merchants opened up land and sea routes, fostering not only commerce but a robust exchange of wisdom and beliefs.

She paid at least one state visit to Rome with Ptolemy XIV, where she stayed in Caesar’s private villa by the Tiber River. Cleopatra later married Mark Antony.

A map created by Greek astronomer and cartographer Claudius Ptolemy, from around 140 A.D., is considered to be the oldest surviving representation of Ireland. Included among his treatise ...

The tourist who was filmed apparently carving his name into a wall of Rome’s 2,000-year-old Colosseum late last month has sent a letter of apology to the local prosecutor’s office, his defense ...

With Ptolemy XIII now dead, Caesar assigned Cleopatra to rule with Ptolemy XIV, then aged 12 years old. Cyprus was placed under their control, and Caesar brought Arsinoe IV to Rome and displayed ...

An American tourist in Rome impaled himself on a metal fence at the Colosseum while possibly trying to take a selfie — screaming in pain as he was left helplessly dangling for more than 20 minutes.

The last one, who reigned alongside his mother Cleopatra as co-regent, was named Ptolemy XV Philopator Philometor Caesar, but he went down in history with the nickname given to him by his own subjects ...

Alaska Airlines plans to expand service to a dozen global destinations over the next several years, starting with this European capital.

From Ptolemy to GPS, the Brief History of Maps We now have the whole world in our hands, but how did we get here?

Cunning, charming and captivating, the Egyptian Cleopatra was horrifying, yet fascinating to many of Rome’s citizens. Just when she may have thought she was in sight of the Roman throne – the ...