In ancient Greece, kissing was not considered strictly romantic or intimate; rather, kissing was a often a greeting between ...

From the pyramids of Egypt to the jungle-choked ruins of Angkor Wat, from the magical desert capital of the Nabateans in ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop on the Greek island of Paros. The investigation brought "new architectural remains" to light, plus various eating vessels and storage items.

Ancient ideas about diet were grounded in archaic theories about how the body worked. Most Greek and Roman doctors believed that all bodies existed on a spectrum of hot, cold, wet, and dry.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Romans and the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video in which we ask if the Byzantine Empire was the heir to ...

IDEAS The ancient Greeks realized a sad fact about bullies like Trump One of Western civilization’s oldest foreign policy lessons is that might does not make right.

Greece is very far away from the heartland of early Buddhism in India and parts of Afghanistan and Pakistan. But thanks to Alexander the Great, Hellenistic and Buddhist cultures came into contact ...

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 (initially settled by ...

Why Are the Ancient Greeks Everywhere Again? From plays, to films, to novels, there are so many Greek gifts piling up on our cultural doorstep that it’s hard not to be just a bit wary.