In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

Verity Platt, a professor at Cornell University's Department of Classics who specializes in Greek and Roman art history and ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Shawn Simpson, University of Pittsburgh (THE CONVERSATION) In the forests of ...

Of course, figuring out whether something is a work of art requires answering some tricky philosophical questions. Are animals even capable of creating art? And how can we tell whether something ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...

(THE CONVERSATION) In the forests of eastern Australia, satin bowerbirds create structures known as “bowers.” The males gather twigs and place them upright, in two bundles, with a gap in the ...