Japan - The Masters of Disaster Preparedness Japan stands as the ultimate earthquake-prepared nation, where Japan introduced ...

Ancient Cat Society celebrates the release of Lonely Times at Dan Electros on Saturday, November 22. Credit: Karo Cantu After eight years, Houston band Ancient Cat Society is back at it with their ...

Many things that might seem unusual to people today, occurred in Ancient Greece; while some aspects are or would be viewed as interesting some may really just seem odd or shocking. In addition to that ...

Statue of Lycurgus of Sparta, at the Law Courts of Brussels. Credit: Mattpopovich / CC0 / Wikimedia Commons The division of people into various social classes is a persistent feature across ...

The Ancient Greeks are often hailed as the founders of Western civilization. Celebrated for their advancements in philosophy, democracy, science, and the arts, we tend to view the ancient Greeks ...

Greece’s Migration Minister Thanos Plevris recently announced his intention to adopt new measures to silence criticism of the government’s migration policies. The move, which came in the wake of a ...

Archaeologists say they have discovered the ruins of what they believe are the boundaries of an ancient temple belonging to the mysterious Andean society of Tiwanaku that disappeared around AD 1000.

Scientists in China have discovered one of the oldest known matrilineal societies—where family lines and inheritance are traced through a community’s women, not its men. Archaeologists unearthed the ...

(Reuters) -DNA obtained from the remains of a man who lived in ancient Egypt around the time the first pyramids were built is providing evidence of the ties between two great cultures of the period, ...

Were the Ancient Greeks racist? In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary sources to understand how Greeks viewed race and ethnicity. From Aristotle’s ...