From seasonal intimacy schedules to open-air nudity, ancient Greco-Roman thinkers had no shortage of theories on how to stay ...

Here’s a far fetched notion: for most of human history, humans used to worship gods who fought, fell in love, and even had favorite cities. Zeus might have thrown lightning bolts, but he was not ...

The experiences of women differed in ancient Athens and Sparta. Largely portrayed as "invisible," evidence reveals a striking ...

Separating Kamari from Perissa on top of Mesa Vouna is Ancient Thera. This archaeological site, which was first claimed by the Dorians (ancient Greeks) in the 9th century B.C., is home to ruins ...

The central myth of the West has been the story of the Greeks and Romans (a concomitant interest in Asia and Africa came relatively late in Western intellectual history, Mr. Murray notes).

Ancient Greek and Roman sculptures were not just experienced visually, ... Greece, in 2012 ... Brøns notes that some oils and waxes were also used to protect and preserve the statues and their paint.

Ancient Greeks and Romans were obsessed with diet advice ... But Bubb notes that other ancient medical opinions are more dubious—such as the idea that “rotting basil spontaneously breeds ...

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. By Daniel ...

What did the melodies that accompanied rituals, theaters, or banquets in ancient Greece and Rome more than two thousand years ago actually sound like? A mathematical analysis of all the compositions ...