This book is termed an “easy reader,” but in truth, it is poetry. Lobel’s introduction to his beloved woodland pair, whose ...

The mummy portraits are stunning. Their production began around 30-40 ce, sixty or so years after the defeat of ...

Beating Time – The Story of the Irish Bodhrán is Fintan Vallely’s latest book and in it he conducts a hugely comprehensive investigation into the background of the bodhrán in Ireland – a ‘cold-case’ ...

A whole library’s worth of papyri owned by Julius Caesar’s father-in-law were turned to charcoal by the eruption of Vesuvius.

Should we blame Ancient Greece and its perception of male beautyfor the cultural obsession with six-pack abdominals?

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New analysis of 2,600-year-old Tel Arad ostraca suggests Iron Age soldiers tracked months, days, and supplies with ...

A new book by India's education ministry highlights ancient scientific contributions, aiming to inspire curiosity and ...

From thunder gods to serpent slayers, scholars are reconstructing myths that vanished millennia ago. How much further can we ...

The ancient world gave us lots of things: Democracy, science, literature. It also gave us the columnist. Before Fintan O’Toole there was Simeon Stylites, who preached for more than 30 years from a ...

Five carbonized loaves of communion bread, dating back to the 7th-8th centuries AD, have emerged from the ruins of ancient Eirenopolis, providing unprecedented insight into Byzantine religious ...

Classic works by Viktor Frankl, Rollo May, and Alfred Adler can help us to cope adaptively with the chaos and uncertainty in the world.