Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.

The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient remains of an Egyptian army barracks and the artifacts left there, including a ...

Ancient Scandinavians likely used animal skin boats to hunt and trade, study finds - Ancient people were one of Scandinavia’s ...

City crews installing a water service line first became aware of the remains on Jan. 5, which an anthropologist later ...

In this installment of Practical Magic, Lisa Stardust explains charm casting, the art of using jewelry in divination. Always ...

This week, Delia Cai tackles the social media etiquette around being a political (and social) animal on Slack.

The meanings of terms like sattvic and tamasic shifted over time, said JNU professor R Mahalakshmi during a talk at Delhi’s ...

Qanats can date back 3,000 years, but can be really tricky to find, especially in politically volatile countries.

A 4,000-year-old temple and theater unearthed in Peru sheds light on ancient Andean religious practices and social ...

Two recent openings in Seattle theaters show us politics as we fear it is, and politics as we wish it could be.