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

On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

This Latino & Hispanic Heritage Month, mitú and Audible are serving up a playlist of audiobooks that celebrate nuestra gente, nuestra herencia, and nuestro orgullo.

A Roman centurion in sneakers and sunglasses? That is the kind of playful distortion AI image generators sometimes produce when depicting the past. To address this, scholars in classical studies have ...

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Rashid’s book is as much a people’s history of Mesopotamia as it is a history of objects, great personages and notable events ...

Few figures from antiquity capture the imagination quite like the Amazons: fearsome warrior women who fought Greek heroes, rode horses into battle and lived in societies ruled by beautiful and ...

On Peru's desert hillsides, archaeologists have uncovered a 3,800-year-old city that may reshape our understanding of the cradle of civilisation in the Americas. Four hours north of Lima, the ochre ...

Spencer McBride was walking across campus with his doctoral advisor in Baton Rouge, following a class in religious history, when his advisor said, “Spencer, you’re a smart guy, but can you really ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars. Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College London, the work has uncovered a range of minerals ...

A new study suggests a habitable past and signs of ancient microbial processes on Mars - and Imperial scientists provided crucial context. Led by NASA and featuring key analysis from Imperial College ...

Archaeologists in Romania have unearthed an elite Roman family's ancient treasure, buried for centuries beneath the remains of a millennia-old city. The discovery, announced by the National History ...