Journey through millennia of Greek history and culture with this exploration of Greece's 19 UNESCO World Heritage sites. From ...

This statue of an Egyptian pharaoh is said to have inspired the English poet Shelley to write his famous poem "Ozymandias." ...

Credit: National Archaeological Museum Nearly 280 Greek artifacts will be exhibited at the National Museum of China starting November 5, offering Chinese visitors a glimpse into the beauty of ancient ...

The ancient Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the principles of citizenship, freedom, and equality. Emerging around 650 BCE and lasting until ...

Galen, the pioneering Greek physician who influenced Western medicine through the 1700s. Portrait by Pierre-Roch Vigneron. Credit: Public Domain Galen of Pergamon was the most influential ancient ...

Here's what the ancient Greeks and Romans can teach us about the environment and ourselves. From Roman soldiers in crowded camps to emperors cleaning up rivers, there are many lessons to be learned.

Today the perilous state of the environment is often in the news. Many stories describe how Earth is being damaged by human beings and discuss ways to prevent this. These concerns are not new.

Eventually, nine muses were identified, covering every branch of the arts, in the ancient Greek poet Hesiod’s introduction to Theogony, his epic poem about mythical stories and characters (circa ...

It is also the location of the Ancient Greek city of Stagira, the birthplace of one of the world's most famous philosophers, Aristotle. The region is renowned for its gold deposits, mined since ...

These concerns are not new. Millennia ago, people in ancient Greece and Rome already knew humans were damaging the natural world. Literature from these ancient times contains many references to ...