Like several forms of expression, booing originated in Ancient Greece in the theater, as a means to express dissatisfaction ...

Ruins of the ancient city of Ptolemais in Libya. Credit: Libyan Studies / Wikimedia Commons Despite this, it was rebuilt during the Late Roman period, adapting to new functional and social needs, as ...

Amid the ashes of a funeral pyre, encased in burnt mud, was a papyrus scroll—the first to be found in mainland Greece. Dating of the document and the discovery its literary nature subsequently ...

Follow its baroque streets to Parco Archeologico della Neapolis, home to an ancient Greek theatre where thousands gathered to watch the final tragedies of Athenian playwright Aeschylus.

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The art and architecture of ancient Greece and Rome has long been referenced, from the temple-like façades ...

From ancient rituals to modern experimental stages, the journey of theatre is a story of transformation, driven by the societies it serves. In ancient Greece, theatre was more than entertainment; it ...

A mix of ancient divinities, Aphrodite was patron over love, beauty, fertility, and war. But the venerated Greek deity has a more complex rise to fame than one might think. The birth of ...

Archaeological evidence suggests popcorn was used in ancient Peru around 4700 BCE and was incorporated into ceremonies and ornaments by Aztecs. Source: Canva She mentioned that popcorn most likely ...

One of the few women in Ancient Greek academe, Hypatia of Alexandria was a renowned philosopher and mathematician — and she was killed because of it. People primarily remember Hypatia of Alexandria, ...

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday (December 31) announced that Kolkata’s Star Theatre, a cultural institution of the city, would be renamed Binodini Mancha or Binodini theatre.