The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was a prized commodity believed to confer special health benefits.

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Mesoamerican codices, national symbols, and motifs found in older European churches inspire Timo Fahler's mixed-media works.

The cache included swords, spears, lances and chainmail. Researchers think these items may have been buried as part of a ceremony or sacrifice Sonja Anderson The discovery might illuminate the ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance ... "Some of the rhetoric in the famous poem, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, is ...

Lupercalia was an ancient Roman fertility festival in mid-February where young men drew women’s names from a box, often ...