Marcus Tullius Cicero used gladiators’ physiques not to celebrate the republic’s valiant heroes, but to deride their bloated ...

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The New Arab revisits the ancient cities of the Middle East, highlighting the destruction caused by war, looting, and neglect ...

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art surveys 150 years of Black artists turning to ancient Egypt.

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We bring to you 20+1 fun facts and a few little secrets about Greece that most people, even in Greece, may not know.

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...

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In Greek mythology, the Titan ruler Kronos fears ... According to that legend, at least. Ancient Romans had their own origin story involving Hercules. In Book 9 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed ...