In Ancient Greece, professional curse writers were employed to hex the living and the dead from beyond the grave.

Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

Do animals have souls? Can they be reborn like humans? While today we debate animal consciousness with science, the ancient ...

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To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

There has been a long debate about wine-drinking in Troy, but new research shows how common the alcoholic drink was.

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...