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Speculation has run wild since James Gunn confirmed there was one role yet to be cast in the upcoming DC Universe movie Man of Tomorrow, both in regards to what the role is and which actors might play ...

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is not taking time off work. While many royals are enjoying their Easter vacations, getting a head start to relax and spend time with ...

I have spent an awful lot of time in Roman sewers – enough to earn me the nickname Queen of Latrines from my friends. The Etruscans laid the first underground sewers in the city of Rome around 500 BC.

Ancient Rome wasn’t just about gladiators and grand temples - it built one of the most advanced sanitation systems the world had ever seen. From the massive Cloaca Maxima sewer to 500 miles of ...

Lodovico Carracci painted "St. Sebastian Thrown into the Cloaca Maxima" for the church at the place where his body was found (1612). (Wikipedia) St. Sebastian was born into a wealthy Roman family, and ...

The era of Rome's seven kings, spanning from approximately 753 BC to 509 BC, marks a critical period in the city's history. Romulus, the legendary founder, is said to have established Rome's earliest ...

YOUR correspondent “Ignoramus” will find some account of the drainage of Rome in Pliny (“Hist. Nat.” xxxvi. 15, s. 24). He will also find further particulars in Livy (i. 38) and in Ulpian (”Dig.” 43, ...

Queen Máxima of the Netherlands is one of the most eclectically dressed European royals, with her fashion sense typically leaning towards bolder colours and sculptural, fashion-forward silhouettes.