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Since the time of ancient Rome and Greece, people have dealt with love, this difficult emotion, in all its glory and calamity ...
The ancient Greeks founded Naples in the first millennium BCE. What legends exist about its origin, and what does archaeology reveal?
Olives were a low-stress crop for millennia, but Greece shows how climate change has made the harvest much less ...
Houses had rooms called Gynaeceum, which were for use only by female members ... One of the most famous stories of women in ancient Greece was a society of warrior women known as the Amazons.
it's clear how significant a role the ocean played in the ancient Greeks' idea of their home. Plato, for example, the ancient philosopher called Greeks frogs around a pond. Ninety percent of ancient ...
Starting off with Ancient Egypt, we’ve got some interesting options. Amazingly, we have two separate papyri that talk about ...
Last December, at the height of Greece’s olive harvest season, two men drove a stolen white truck to the Glyfada mill in a small town not far from Kalamata. After idling the truck for a ...
It is easier to find your geographical middle if you only need to deal with one nation. Still, there are plenty of methods to ...
A century after the composer’s death, he is ubiquitous on relaxation playlists. Those just scratch the surface of a stranger, ...
A long-lost city dating back some 2,400 years has been discovered next to a temple dedicated to the ancient Egyptian cobra ...
Greece, carrying much more than just my hand luggage. | After a week aboard Celestyal Cruises' 1,260-passenger Celestyal ...
The Getty Villa reopens after repairs from the Palisades Fire, featuring an exhibition on ancient Greece, with limited ...