In ancient Greece, music education was as important as philosophy in cultivating young people's souls, perceiving both ...

The ancient Olympic games were crowded with male athletes, but were there opportunities for females to compete in sports?

Scholar Kathryn Vaggalis has untangled the complex racial identity of Greek immigrants to America in her research of Greek "picture brides." ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Greek artisans built a compact machine of interlocking gears that could track the heavens with a precision that still unsettles modern engineers. The corroded fragments of ...

History has a habit of being rewritten. But thanks to advances in science and technology, we’re gaining an ever-clearer picture of what life may have been like during some of the most crucial periods ...

What’s the deal with Leonardo’s harpsichord-viola? Why were Impressionists obsessed with the color purple? Art Bites brings you a surprising fact, lesser-known anecdote, or curious event from art ...

The Ancient Greeks are celebrated for laying down the foundations of Western civilization, but according to a new book they also had another, hidden talent: predicting future tech. This is the ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." “I fear the Greeks even when they’re bringing gifts,” a Trojan priest exclaims early on in Virgil’s ...

Ancient Greeks were ahead of the curve in a lot of ways—including, it seems, issues of accessibility. A new archaeological study has found that stone ramps on some ancient buildings were likely built ...