Before kings and empires, there were gods who ruled from the clouds — immortal, powerful, and often dangerously human. On Mount Olympus, the ancient Greeks imagined a divine family led by Zeus, god of ...

The ancient Greeks used a myriad of weapons on the battlefield, including spears, swords, and pikes in a variety of shapes ...

Heroes always fascinate us. And so did Raila Odinga — the late and legendary former Prime Minister. Key parts of his ...

Hygieia was a prominent figure in both ancient Greek and Roman mythology—she was the daughter of Asclepius, the god of medicine. Hygieia (from whose name we get the word ‘hygiene’) was known as the ...

Reincarnation and afterlife was a tradition among the ancient Greeks. Writers expressed the view that the souls of the dead ...

The redesign of the Western Range of the British Museum, announced earlier this year, is the latest stage of a 272-year-long ...

From the Greeks and the Romans to the Ottoman empire, the history of Sardis, Turkey, is one of persistent turnover. But its ...

A group of Brisbane high school students were yesterday told they have been learning the wrong subject all semester, just two days before their exam.

Pamukkale in Turkey looks like a snowy paradise but its hot springs have been a geothermal tourist attraction for millennia, ...

On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse sent the world’s first telegraph message, tapping out the biblical phrase “What hath God ...

The strange and powerful symbol at the heart of one of history’s greatest temples reveals the importance of the goddess ...

By Liv Smith, Staff Writer On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the College hosted Dr. Erin Hanses of Penn State University for a lecture ...