The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...

What roils beneath Earth's surface may feel a world away, but the activity can help forge land masses that dictate ocean circulation, climate patterns, and even animal activity and evolution. In fact, ...

In a preprint paper, scientists concluded that the Step Pyramid of Djoser in Saqqara, Egypt—believed to be the oldest of the ...

There are many mysteries concerning the ancient Greek world, including the identity of some of its most illustrious members ...

The effort to resurrect dire wolves started at Colossal with DNA recovery from two ancient remains, which included a tooth from 13,000 years ago and a skull dating back 72,000 years. Research teams ...

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

Lifejackets lie at Petra port, after the capsizing of a boat carrying migrants, off the coast on the northeastern Aegean Sea island of Lesbos, Greece, Thursday, April 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Panagiotis ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

A haunting new immersive experience is about to take over a historic venue in Toronto, transforming the space into Ancient Greece for a daring retelling of a story we all know. The name Medusa ...

A YouTube video that prompted a lot of engagement demonstrated an ancient gardening technique known as hotbeds — a warmed, protected environment that uses heat from decaying matter. To put it simply, ...

"A person came to the back of the cave and went through their hunting gear piece by piece: 'This is good. This is not good. I need to remake this leather pouch a little bit.' And then went on ...

Now, a farmer is reviving this ancient "superfood". It's a hot and muggy summer day in Sicily's Madonie mountains, a rugged range of ridges about 65km east of Palermo. In a field of ash trees ...