The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

This is the twelvth part in a series about riding night trains across Europe and the Near East to Armenia—to spend time in ...

The era in which Strabo lived, the saddle between the first centuries bc and ad, was highly receptive to kolossourgiai. The ...

Everywhere he goes, all day long, people ask Torsten Slok one impossible question: What does the future hold? As chief economist of Apollo Global Management Inc., an asset manager that sits atop more ...

Massive Levantine-Egyptian stone head of a pharaoh, Ptolemaic Period, 332-30 B.C. Likely from a monumental sphinx, wearing royal 'nemes' headdress ...

Europe may be the smallest continent, but it has no shortage of fascinating places to visit. From incredible castles to ...

Some readers may be unfamiliar with Monemvasia. Despite its attractions, it is relatively isolated and not easy to get to, ...

Was Cleopatra the cause of the conflict between these two consuls, both eager to become the masters of Rome? Historians are ...

How the Giza pyramids were formed has been a source of debate for generations. Here, we debunk several of the best-known ...

Archaeologists in the ancient Greek city of Perge, Turkey, have discovered five Roman statues, including Aphrodite and Eros.

The Cleveland Museum of Art will return a headless bronze sculpture to Turkey after the Manhattan D.A. identified it as ...

According to Plato, love’s aim is not to complete us, but to inspire us to grow and become the best human being we can be.