Aside from their love of the sea, the ancient Greeks and Vikings shared much more that united them and divided them.
From Homer to Philostratus, Ancient Greek sources describe Pygmies as dwarves at the world’s edge, fighting cranes and living ...
New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.
The Ancients host Tristan Hughes and historian Roel Konijnendijk debate some wild theories about Ancient Greece, and Ancient Greek Warfare. In this episode of Agree to Disagree, the two historians ...
More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a ...
Known as asklepieia, this network of ancient Greek and Roman sanctuaries blended spirituality and medicine—and their influence persists today. Medical tourism is older than you might think. Ancient ...
Researchers have known for many years that there was more to ancient Greek and Roman statues than the plain white marble you typically see in museums. A few years ago, museum visitors in New York City ...
Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...
A group of scientists are studying the Cyclades, an island group in Greece's Aegean Sea, looking for signs of early human ...