Self-tormenting practices were all the rage in ancient Byzantium, from wearing chains to living on top of small pillars—and ...

The cult of the ancient Greek goddess Athena allowed certain Athenian women liberties that extended beyond the roles of ...

Mailbu,' adapted from Anton Chekhov, and 'Strife' by John Galsworthy, big cast plays of weighty substance, lend heft to ...

Could an Egyptian coffin, dated 5,000 years ago, hold the answer to one of the night sky’s greatest mysteries? University of Portsmouth astrophysicist Dr. Or Graur has set both Egyptology and ...

For ancient Greeks, every waterway was protected by nymphs. They were invariably ageless young girls who existed even before ...

Ancient Egyptian queen’s statues were not destroyed out of hatred but ‘deactivated’, study finds ...