Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side ...

When Alexander the Great conquered Egypt in 332 BCE, he signaled the beginning of the era of Ptolemaic rule. His general ...

Deipnosophistae is a work by Athenaeus, written around 200 CE, about well-read people philosophizing at the dinner table and enjoying good food and drink. The title is a combination of two words: ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

New research has overturned everything we thought we knew about cat domestication. Forget the theory that cats simply ...

House-size data from ancient sites show that economic inequality is historically variable and shaped by human choices, not ...

A History of Sex and Christianity —the kind of hefty tome inevitably described as “magisterial” by reviewers—teems with ...

Heavy metals in soil are slashing crop yields and polluting food supplies worldwide, affecting over 1 billion people, a major ...

A 3,000-year-old necropolis has been uncovered in the Al Ain region of Abu Dhabi, marking the “ first major Iron Age cemetery ...

“It’s simultaneously worship and public Christianity.” The ancient Greek hymn is by far the oldest surviving piece of Christian music—it predates the next notated work by six centurie ...

This archaeological site, which was first claimed by the Dorians (ancient Greeks) in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins from the Hellenistic (Greek empire built by Alexander the Great), Roman ...

New Class 7 social science textbook is latest in NCERT’s revamped series under NEP 2020 and new NCF, which stresses content ...