The Council of Sixteen Women of Elis in Olympia shows how women gained political power by serving the goddess Hera in Ancient Greece.

While some foods clearly had their start in the modern age, the origins of other tasty delights can be traced to ancient ...

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Beach vacations only became popular in the 19th and early 20th centuries as part of the lifestyle of the wealthy in Western ...

The Greek poet Crinagoras of Mytilene (1st century BC–1st century AD) once addressed a little poem to an earthquake. He asked ...

A tourist, a half-naked modern "Hercules" tries to impress his partner by lifting an ancient marble at the archaeological site of Naxos.

The great mass of waters killed many thousands of people by drowning … the lifeless bodies of shipwrecked persons lay ...

Women’s vital roles in ancient Greek theater challenge the long-standing myth of an exclusively male-dominated performance ...

By Zhou Tongsu and Shang Bing At the foot of the Acropolis in Athens, there are two statues standing face to face in the ...