On April 10 1741, a Prussian army under King Frederick ii faced an Austrian army under Count Wilhelm Reinhard von Neipperg.
The Battle of Lobositz marked the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. It was an epic, and complex battle between Prussia's ...
Uncover the lost secrets of a once-mighty empire. The city of Angkor, the seat of the great Khmer Empire in Southeast Asia for 500 years, was once the biggest city in the world. For centuries, this ...
King Charles III is clearly thinking about his legacy. In his new film, “Finding Harmony: A King’s Vision,” Charles delivers ...
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. “Thus will we all be, once Death carries us away!” That is how the parvenu tycoon Trimalchio greets the pièce ...
When the emperor Hadrian visited the province of Britannia in A.D. 122, he was in full command of the entire Roman Empire, which stretched some 2,500 miles east from northern Great Britain to ...
The Apadana, which was used as a gathering hall for receptions, was the largest building in Persepolis. A relief on the stairway includes depictions of delegates to the Achaemenid royal court (left), ...