From ancient Egypt and Kano to the ancient Carthaginian civilization, Africa is a combination of mystery and history. The pyramids of Giza are one of the greatest mysteries of all time. They feature a ...

I have just started reading Richard Miles’ Carthage Must Be Destroyed: The Rise and Fall of an Ancient Civilization. I’m not very far into it, but it seems promising so far. Some of Miles’ comments in ...

The Italian island of Sicily is — perhaps more than any corner of Europe — a layer cake of civilizations. On one island, visitors can marvel at a well-preserved Greek temple, admire the glittering ...

St. Augustine, one of the Roman Catholic Church’s Fathers, died at Hippo near Carthage, where he had done mighty work suppressing heresies, 1,500 years ago this year. So the Eucharistic Congress ...

The Italian island of Sicily is — perhaps more than any corner of Europe — a layer cake of civilizations. On one island, visitors can marvel at a well-preserved Greek temple, admire the glittering ...