Choking on his own blood, the king called Clytemnestra a name that can only be translated as “bitch-face.” Even though she has been portrayed as a villain in numerous ancient Greek tragedies, few ...

But what if this humble yet essential part of humanity’s everyday life, the lowly oven, finds its roots in the ancient Greek world? Thearion, a 5th-century BC Athenian, is believed to be one of the ...

Calligraphy was once China’s highest art form—then the Communist Party tried to erase it. Now, under Xi Jinping, it’s making a comeback. At Sotheby’s in Hong Kong, a rare copy of the ...

The ancient Greeks often decorated their bronze ... or conical stands were often used as votive gifts dedicated in Greek sanctuaries from the eighth to the sixth centuries B.C. The head had ...

Woe! Woe upon words and the world from the day the word ‘wojak’ wormed its way into the hallowed halls of traditionally published literature.

Frieze depicts followers of ancient Greek god Dionysus Fresco dates to 40–30 BC Latest dig began in early 2023 ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life ...

From the rover's point of view on the ground, it's hard to tell, but this ancient shoreline on Mars seemed to lie inside a 2,050-mile-wide (3,300-kilometer-wide) impact crater called Utopia Basin.

In ancient Greece, Orpheus was considered the greatest of all musicians, due to his divine heritage. His musical ability makes Orpheus uniquely well suited as the lead for a musical. In the myth ...

Some of the world’s oldest roadways are only memories now—but many have been preserved as historic monuments or improved to handle today’s traffic.

A new study of ancient DNA from fifth- to sixth-century Hun skeletons suggests they were a motley crew of mixed origin with a few connections to the Xiongnu Empire in Mongolia.

The Ancient City houses the strange and massive portal-like structure at the center. This portal consists of strange blocks that are harder than Obsidian and take longer time to break it. So, ...