In ancient Sparta, the Agoge prepared boys for a lifetime of military service with harsh training that emphasised strength ...

Since the framework of classical poetry imposed constraints on someone with "too many emotions that cannot be expressed, a heart filled with molten lava", he decided to break through the "mountains ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

In the Ancient Greek epic poem “The Odyssey,” Odysseus’ men strap him to the mast of the ship so he could hear the sirens’ ...

Joseph Bottum is a writer in the Black Hills and co-founder of the daily poetry Substack newsletter, Poems Ancient and Modern.

As fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo rages on, a growing number of women in the country are turning to slam poetry to voice ... the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Sleek amphibious ...

When done poorly, Sanskrit poetry is akin to medieval European painting with its relentless in-your-face symbolism. But I digress. What do we want from a teacher? Jean-Jacques Rousseau, who offloaded ...

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For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

While most memes are created for laughs, this one has a surprising 1,200-year-old backstory—it’s not just an internet trend but originates from an ancient Arabic poem! The famous ‘Tab Tabi ...

Over a million years ago, ancient human ancestors sat down to shave flakes off bones, producing a tool with a carefully created sharp edge. According to Jackson Njau, an archaeologist at ...

Study co-lead Professor Tim Johnson, from Curtin University, said the discovery significantly challenged previous assumptions about our planet's ancient history. "Before our discovery, the oldest ...