The Athens Marathon the Authentic was established to commemorate the historic run of Pheidippides, an Athenian soldier who ran from the battlefield at Marathon to inform his fellow Greeks that the ...

The term "scapegoat" refers to someone who unfairly takes the blame for others but its origins come from an ancient Hebrew ...

Ancient Greek and Latin literature (covering a period from approximately 800 BC to 500 AD) is in many ways the basis of our own culture and our own way of thinking; numerous literary texts of ...

Aristotle advocates a virtuous middle path which corresponds with the idea of balance and moderation central to Confucianism ...

A joint team of Greek and Austrian archaeologists unearthed a massive ruined temple on a hill near Samikon in 2021 and identified it as a long-lost sanctuary of Poseidon. After several years of work, ...

A farmhouse in Çorum, Turkey has yielded an unexpected discovery: a Byzantine-era inscription commemorating a young man named ...

Nov. 7, 2024 — Researchers have used ancient DNA to challenge long-held interpretations of the people of Pompeii. Contrary to physical appearances, the DNA evidence revealed unexpected ...

A kemari ancient football festival was held at Tanzan Shinto shrine in the city of Sakurai, Nara Prefecture. Eight people in ancient costumes formed a circle and kicked a ball to each other while ...

The dispersal of a group of posthumous bronzes recounts the artist’s quest for movement in a few rare pieces. Edgar Degas ...

In 1977, archaeologist Manolis Andronikos unearthed a magnificent tomb at Vergina, Greece, forever changing our understanding of ancient Macedonia. Inside lay the remains of Philip II, father of ...