As it happens, the entrance to the Classics department was only about 20 metres from the entrance to the East Asia faculty ...

In Greek mythology, the giant Atlas was condemned to eternally hold up the sky as punishment for his defeat by Zeus in the Titan War. The ancient Greeks’ imagination of the Atlas Mountains in North ...

Prof Suresh Chander [email protected] Hindu mythology stands out among the world’s major religious traditions for its extraordinary plurality of divine and semi-divine beings-devas, daityas, ...

Is an interstellar comet actually an alien spaceship? A researcher traces how influencers spread such speculation via social ...

Walking through a supermarket today, you'll find the same vegetables everywhere. Carrots, potatoes, broccoli. Tomatoes lined ...

International scholars called for enhanced global collaboration in ocean governance, emphasizing that cooperation, not competition, is the path to a sustainable maritime future. They highlighted China ...

A 6th c. BC ancient Greek marriage contest, ruined by Hippocleides’ infamous drunken dance, led to the establishment of ...

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.

A new radiocarbon study has clarified the timing of the colossal Thera eruption, placing it before Egypt’s New Kingdom.

Two people were rescued from a half-sunken boat off the island of Crete on Saturday evening, but 17 others died in the wreck.

Clues from a digital reconstruction of a lavish ancient home are changing how researchers understand Pompeii’s elite.

Travel timing can completely transform an experience. While most travelers flock to popular destinations during peak seasons, ...