In response, God instructed Moses to make a serpent out of bronze and mount it on a pole. Anyone who had been bitten could look at the bronze serpent and would be healed. "The brazen serpent", with ...

A new exhibition in Athens uses art and antiquities from the Cyclades islands to reveal the experiences of ancient Greek ...

Harry Souttar's season is over after he ruptured an Achilles tendon during Sheffield United's Boxing Day defeat by Burnley. The on-loan centre-back, a key figure in the Blades' push for automatic ...

It is depicted on ancient Greek vases such as the motif above dated 360 BC and currently displayed at the Taranto Archaeological Museum in Italy. It clearly shows Goddess Aphrodite (Roman Venus) ...

Why do ancient urns depict Achilles and Ajax bent in concentration over some sort of dice game? I think there are two answers. The first is that gaming is a lot of fun: whether you choose poker ...

But the researchers discovered that another potential reason for Lucy's slow, inefficient running may have been a differently shaped Achilles tendon and triceps surae, a group of muscles in the calf.

Miami Heat guard Dru Smith has suffered a season-ending torn Achilles tendon, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. He suffered the injury during Monday's victory against the Brooklyn Nets. As Smith ...

(AP Photo InterVision, File) In this image taken from video, police escort Maccabi Tel Aviv supporters to the metro station leading them to the Ajax stadium, after pro-Palestinian supporters marched ...

Get NBA League Pass TODAY Miami Heat guard Dru Smith has suffered another season-ending injury, this one a torn Achilles in his left leg. Smith got hurt Monday night in Miami’s 110-95 win over ...

Depiction of Achilles tending to Patroclus’ wound on an ancient Greek vase from Vulci, 500 BCE. Credit: Wikimedia Commons, public domain Eventually, Nestor convinces Patroclus to go to Achilles and ...