Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

Ancient Greek lawmaker Solon of Athens wrote one of the first Greek Constitutions, and his ideas remain relevant in today's world.

This article follows our family as we visit the Ancient Agora of Athens. Plus, learn about the history of this iconic ...

Two new books strip away centuries of patriarchal and heterosexual assumptions about the definition of heroism.

A new collection of essays considers how the villainous women of classical antiquity resonate in contemporary Western society Nora McGreevy - Correspondent Explore the true history and myths behind ...

Mark Abbe was ambushed by color in 2000, while working on an archeological dig in the ancient Greek city of Aphrodisias, in present-day Turkey. At the time, he was a graduate student at New York ...

There is no assessment more objective than a written exam in an ancient language. Such a test measures recall of and facility with a language that exists only on the printed page, one governed by a ...

Iris is the Greek goddess of rainbows, symbolic of carrying messages between the divine world to humankind. October-borns ...