So many of our modern customs stem from long forgotten ancient rituals. That includes birthday cakes, which carried deeper ...

This ancient site reveals the splendor of Greece through its imposing walls, monumental tombs, mountainous landscapes, ...

Aristoxenus made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of music theory and rhythm, shaping ancient Greek music ...

Graffiti is something we are very familiar with, but how many of us know that this form of art was widely spread in ancient ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed as a ...

How did the ancient Greeks think about technology? Were they techno-optimists or pessimists? How do their myths – of Pandora, Odysseus, Talos, and Icarus – parallel to the technological possibilities ...

Classicist Emily Wilson talks about her new book, 'Crossing the Wine Dark Sea,' a series of essays reflecting on translation and classic writing in the modern world.

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Thousands of years ago, on the continent of Europe, some people live their everyday lives in one of the ...