A rare Roman-era marble bathtub and statue fragment were recently discovered in ancient Ephesus, Turkey, where Paul the ...

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Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on ...

Pompeii's buried concrete reveals ancient Roman building secrets, offering clues for modern, self-healing materials.

Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

In October, a 1,500-year-old Christian floor mosaic was found in Urfa, a city traditionally regarded as the birthplace of ...

His book, “Peak Human: What We Can Learn from History’s Greatest Civilizations,” looks at the “golden ages” of Ancient Athens ...

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There are so many under appreciated wine regions across the world, far beyond Bordeaux or Tuscany. Here's where you'll find ...

Today privacy is not secrecy but selfhood. It remains an ethical space between what we owe others and what we owe ourselves.

According to legend, long before the Romans founded Rome, there was a Greek city called Pallantium in the same area.