Ancient frescoes like the Greek monkeys suggest Europe and south Asia had trade links as long as 3,600 years ago.

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

Greek sources portrayed the Achaemenid kings, as indulgent and ruthless—all but Cyrus II. Why was this enemy ruler the only ...

Men have cared about their appearance throughout the centuries, and ideals of masculinity and "manliness" are ancient—with ...

An increasing number of women are finding inspiration and solace in iconography, Abigail Frymann Rouch discovers ...

When you stand in this place, you feel the energy and the beauty of the view, which motivates you to do something for the ...

A hunger for glory, a sense of destiny, and an ego that knew no limits: The Rest is History’s Dominic Sandbrook explores how ...

When we think of arches, our minds may conjure up images of classic Greek structures or dramatic Gothic buildings. But it's not just ancient architecture where you might find an archway or two.

Europe is riddled with eerie ghost towns, from depopulated military and mining towns and drowned villages to ancient enclaves destroyed by war and disasters. Discover the silent streets, vacant houses ...

Jim Claven takes us through the historic town of Missolonghi, Greece—home to Lord Byron, heroic resistance during the Greek ...

Here are a dozen fun facts that you may not have known about the little book at the heart of the Passover Seder.

Vauhini Vara consulted ChatGPT to help craft her new book, “Searches.” But the most moving sections are the ones she wrote ...