I’m dead, then? Good.” With this wry, sardonic opening line, 77-year-old AE Housman finds himself ferried across the River ...

Spread the loveOn the occasion of Christmas and New Year, and as a farewell to the students of ‘Architecture and Activism’, ...

What influence has ancient Greek philosophy had on Christianity, and how does it continue to influence the thinking of the ...

An ancient Greek custom of decorating tree branches might have inspired the modern-day decoration of the Christmas tree.

Why Trust Us? Archeologists uncovered a heroon—a funerary monument to an Ancient Greek hero—near the modern Greek city of Aigio in the Peloponnese. Located in the ancient city of Rypes ...

Sure, the ancients went on holidays for a rest and to cure illnesses. But they didn’t always come back healthy.

Paleogenomics has finally solved a question that has puzzled researchers for decades: Where did syphilis come from?

The remains of ancient bronze statues, including sculpted snakes up to 35 inches long, have been found within a hot spring in Italy.

Researchers found that ancient Mesopotamians associated body parts with emotions, just as we do—but they discovered some ...

For centuries, scientists have disputed the origins of syphilis. A new study of ancient DNA supports an American origin for ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

ArtNet News reports that a portrait of the Byzantine emperor Constantine XI Palaiologos was discovered during restoration ...