Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Eight XXL leather shoes have been recovered from Magna, a Roman-era fort along Hadrian's Wall. Archaeologists excavating a ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Mangled bones found at a one-time manufacturing facility pinpoint species used to make a quintessential condiment.

Researchers from Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU), the University of Oxford, and the University of Innsbruck have ...

Directed by Wolfgang Petersen, who assembled a suitably heroic cast featuring the likes of Brad Pitt, Peter O’Toole, Brian ...

This summer marks the fourth time Court Theatre has mounted Lisa Peterson and Denis O'Hare's “An Iliad.” Based on Robert ...

From Rebecca Yarros’s Fourth Wing series to the resurgence of Wicked, fantasy books have all but taken over the best-sellers lists as of late. And if you’re one of the readers who’s been gobbling them ...

The team now believe the Agios Athanasios is the previously-referenced site of the Odysseion—the center of a cult of hero ...

HoYoverse has also referred to Greek and Roman heroes and gods through the names of locations, specifically Janusopolis. This ...

There’s something about it that makes all of us want to listen to it again and again and again.” Goodkin believes that modern musical interpretations of classical myths create human connection when ...

As a result, Achilles left the island to fight on the Greek side during the Trojan War. Per the INRAP statement, this scene was cherished in ancient Rome, yet only three other frescoes depicting it ...