Thonis-Heracleion once thrived at the mouth of the Nile, a vibrant city pulsing with trade and ceremony long before ...

In the 2025 Berkeley gunfire map, as with previous years, incidents with no known injuries are marked in yellow, and those with injuries in orange. Fatal shootings, if they happen, will be marked in ...

Early examples from the 15th and 16th centuries (carpet weaving actually began around 5th century BCE) are favoured by museums, private institutions and top collectors. They are rare and hugely ...

In the 5th century BCE, Greek historian Herodotus wrote about how syssitia evolved from a Spartan military practice to having deep political meaning in society. Similarly, Plato wrote common meals ...

In the fifth century BCE, Greek historian Herodotus wrote about how syssitia evolved from a Spartan military practice to having deep political meaning in society. Similarly, Plato wrote common ...

The Thucydides's Trap -- named after Athenian historian and general Thucydides who is known for his History of the Peloponnesian War between Sparta and Athens in the fifth-century BC -- is a concept ...

The Fifth Symphony is regarded by many not only as Shostakovich’s greatest, but also as one of the most powerful and influential works of the last century, and a worthy successor to the 19th ...

At Katsuo-ji Temple, Daruma dolls watch from every corner. They peer between tree branches, cluster around altars, and dot winding pathways, flashes of bright red among the hillside forest.

Karatepe bilingual inscription, Cilicia, eighth century BCE. Credit: Wikipedia Commons, Klaus-Peter Simon, CC-BY-SA 3.0 We know precious little about Troy’s true Late Bronze Age history. However, the ...

Additional structures were built during the Shunga period (2nd to 1st century BCE). Fifth-century Chinese traveller Faxian (also known as Fa Hien) wrote that there were three Buddhist monasteries ...

Archaeologists have analyzed a pair of copper cymbals from Bronze Age Oman, suggesting a shared musical tradition connected cultures and helped facilitate trade around the Arabian Gulf. Music is a ...