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Have you ever gazed at a woven basket, a painted rock, or a beaded garment and felt a strange sense of harmony—like the ...
From the wildness of the Highlands to the mysteries of the lochs, here's an immersive route to explore Scotland in two weeks, an adventure amidst raw nature, castles and Celtic legends.
The attempt of the Pythagoreans to reshape society in Croton, Magna Graecia, through politics led to public backlash and persecution.
My late classics professor taught me that Ancient Greek tragedy dramatized different points of view, insisted on empathy, and ...
Ancient Greece's Special Forces, from the Sacred Band of Thebes to the Hetairoi of Alexander the Great's army, became legendary in history.
“This is an important burial because it has elements that correspond to a woman of high status,” archaeologist David Palomino ...
Even before Saturday's funeral service for Pope Francis at the Vatican, the late pontiff had already broken with some ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is being laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony reflecting his priorities as pope and wishes as ...
The pope’s unadorned tomb, marked by a single Latin word — Franciscus — was intended, a cleric said, to reflect a life of ...
This week, a string of archaeological studies lend insight into Roman gladiators, an ancient crocodile-like beast, and a ...
A skeleton recovered from a Roman-era cemetery in England may mark the first physical evidence of combat between gladiators ...
Pope Francis chose his place of burial in St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered, because it ...