Deipnosophistae by Athenaeus, a work written around 200 CE about well-read people philosophizing and enjoying good food and drink.

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Do animals have souls? Can they be reborn like humans? While today we debate animal consciousness with science, the ancient ...

The newfound tomb of an Egyptian prince has a false door, which ancient people viewed as an "entry" and "exit" for souls in ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation.

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

A discovery in an English garden led to the first direct evidence that man fought beast to entertain the subjects of the ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

In Plato’s Symposium, Socrates shared a theory of love from the teachings of a ‘non-Athenian woman’. Who was she really?

Ancient Greek scientists and philosophers are brought back to life and tell their stories in this video produced through AI ...