As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

Ancient Greeks spent much of their time playing board games practically on a daily basis. They were a beloved part of ancient Greek culture.

Diverse elements of Chinese culture and civilization have influenced Persian literature, particularly Persian poetry. Many ...

A symposium on Sumerian civilization and literature was recently held at Peking University, bringing together scholars and ...

Suzhou is known as a city of gardens, with its numerous classical gardens considered some of the most beautiful in the country, and nine of them serving as UNESCO world heritage sites. Throughout ...

After having declared Prakrits to be classical, it is redundant to accord the status to the modern-day new Indic languages.

Many museums around the world are filled with marble statues from ancient Greece and Rome. Some viewers recognize that these works of art were not originally displayed in their glistening white form, ...

An Indian Story, a book edited by Dr Shailaja Menon and Sandhya Rao uncovers the many chapters of India’s kid literature and ...

Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife, Peng Liyuan, visit the Acropolis Museum, accompanied by Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and his wife, Vlassia Pavlopoulou-Peltsemi, in Athens, Greece, ...

On Wednesday, March 12, the Trojan War began in Ithaca with the powerful cries of Emily Wilson speaking in Ancient Greek. Yet ...

From literature to music, writing to film, exhibition to performance, Helen Stiles chooses some brilliant Dorset events to book into your diary ...