Archaeologists have discovered evidence of an Egyptian army where an Israelite king was killed. The discoveries at Megiddo, ...

Archaeologists have uncovered ancient Greek and Egyptian artifacts in Megiddo, supporting biblical accounts of a historic ...

Traditional Greek costumes, some dating from the era of the 1821 War of Independence, have been brought alive by contemporary ...

For example, the Olympic runner Chionis of Laconia apparently also had a strict diet of figs when he was training for his ...

Avoid the chaotic crowds and protesting locals with this often overlooked Greek island filled to the brim with charm, history ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

Books not Google! Guess that makes me ancient. Did I learn anything about Ancient Greece that I didn’t garner from that mistily remembered primary-school project? Not really. But it scarcely ...

Each of these books highlights the power of women, whether through history, personal challenges, or breaking stereotypes.

While the book celebrates Greek classics in their unadulterated ... soup with helping people survive during difficult periods in history.” ...

A new book Abortion – A History, gives the long view of ending pregnancy. From ancient Greece to Roe v Wade, Mary Fissell charts changing practices of and attitudes towards abortion. She joined Nuala ...

Books represent knowledge ... collecting knowledge from conquered civilizations. In ancient Greece and Rome, anybody who could read had access to public libraries. Rules of use varied: For ...