Looking back across the span of human history, it's hard to disagree with Pliny's assessment. Different peoples and cultures ...

Plato of Athens (429–347 BC) may be one of the most famous philosophers of all times. He was the thinker who came up with the ...

A lion, an eagle, a bull, a fig tree, and a plow all came together to point to one of Mesopotamia's greatest rulers.

Archaeologists have discovered beautiful ancient glassware in Nîmes, dating to when the French town was a Roman settlement ...

MIT study using James Webb Space Telescope shows ancient black holes and quasars grew faster than their galaxies, challenging ...

Peisistratus was an ancient Greek statesman who ruled Athens as a tyrant but laid the foundation for the city's later supremacy in Greece.

Archaelogists working in England found an "mysterious lump" of a purple substance that in Roman times would have been worth ...

Amid all the preparations to turn Paris into a venue for the Olympic Games that begin in less than 100 days, one small corner ...

The Legacy Tree has withstood windstorms, endured drought, dodged fires and even escaped the lumber mill, which leveled the ...

MIT astronomers have observed the elusive starlight surrounding some of the earliest quasars in the universe. The distant ...

On an island whose religious diversity is part of its democratic identity, many of the faithful participating in a pilgrimage ...

A new review showed ancient grains can improve cholesterol levels in people with type 2 diabetes. Aside from incorporating ...