Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. When reflecting on the ancient world, historians often break societies down into groups of people such ...

It was, of course, often the slaves who were forced to enter the mines and extract the metals, which allowed free citizens to wage war with each other. Most ancient history museums covering ancient ...

The Parthenon was far more than a temple. It was Athens’ ultimate power move, which combined religion, politics, and economic ...

Cinadon’s conspiracy and attempted coup reveal deep social tensions in ancient Sparta and a swift, disciplined response to ...

With over 8 billion people spread across the Earth's nearly 25 million square miles of habitable land, proving one's identity ...

This week's Press Run has news about the annual Sts. Constantine and Helen Greek Festival coming July 24-27 to Cleveland ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

The Hymn of Babylon had been lost for over 2,000 years until researchers used AI to piece it together from 30 clay fragments.

If we are to preserve and improve our democracy, the work must be our own and every individual citizen has a responsibility.

I’ve been thinking a lot about peace lately. We live in a time of wars and rumors of wars, civil disturbances, and fractured ...

This is Drama Masks, a Bay Area performing arts column from a born San Franciscan and longtime theatre artist in an N95 mask.

Plato identified inequality as a central problem of politics. Inequality, this ancient Greek philosopher warned, undermines ...