From makeup and board games to stone pillows and toe socks, the everyday items of ancient Egyptians reveal they valued cleanliness, leisure, and piety.

In a different time, Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey would have been celebrated by the American right as a conservative film.

Students of ancient Greek are diving deeply into everything from "The Iliad" to the Bible.

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As Mohenjo-daro prospered, the gap between its richest and poorest households actually shrank. Its shared infrastructure, fair trade systems, and lack of powerful royal elites suggest that equality ...

I recently stepped into my hometown's municipal museum, Ordos Museum in North China's Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, to ...

Before Mount Vesuvius buried Pompeii in ash, it was a thriving city filled with busy homes and bustling streets.

Some people have fought Ebola containment measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Scholars have seen similar responses across societies and throughout history.

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We've all followed this wax-covered ritual a hundred times without ever asking why. Turns out, it's got layers—like a really ...