We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

This is the eighth and final installment of Edmonds resident Nathaniel Brown’s recent travels to Greece. You can read part 1 ...

This city once nurtured towering Jewish thinkers like Rabbi Judah Loew ben Bezalel — known as the Maharal — a spiritual ...

Seek your lover in the daytime, says Ovid. Be careful of the night. You won’t choose the right person if you’re drunk. And ...

Getting a pet is always a fun new adventure, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. For example, you’ll need ...

The same force that paved the way for the Greek Golden Age sowed the seeds of its political collapse: individualism.

In ancient Greece, kissing was not considered strictly romantic or intimate; rather, kissing was a often a greeting between ...

Old men cry war, young men die - Part 1When Eric Johnston, who befriended Stalin at the Kremlin in 1944, was asked if he ...

Books & the Arts / A conversation with the German theorist about the history of Western philosophy and more. Daniel Steinmetz ...

Why is an ancient Indic language an integral part of school curriculum in the UK SONAL SRIVASTAVA reports on the eve of the World Book Fair where Sanskrit workbooks by British teachers will hit the st ...

A recent social media claim that Albanian is the oldest Indo-European language still in use has been debunked as oversimplified. Experts highlight Greek’s older written tradition and caution against ...