When we imagine ancient Greece, we tend to think of marble, tragedies, philosophers, and wars. But the Greeks were also a ...

Illness in the Ancient Greek world was a profound search for meaning, leading to the sanctuaries of Asclepius for healing ...

Clothing has long served as more than simple protection from the weather or practicality in daily life. Across many civilizations, what people wore often revealed their wealth, occupation, education, ...

Dressed in male fighter clothing and riding horseback into battle, Captain Pelagia became a legendary resistance leader in ...

It had been an urban center in the ancient empire of Kush, which dominated the Nile Valley off and on for over 2,000 years, from 2000 B.C.E. to 350 C.E. I was far from alone in admiring the ruins – ...

Mosaic depictions of a weapon-wielding female gladiator are the first physical evidence showing women in ancient Rome could ...

Glory in Ancient Greece centered on kleos, the pursuit of fame and lasting remembrance after death and mortality.

When two British explorers excavated the remnants of the ancient Greek city of Cyrene in 1861, many tombs had already been ...