The author explores the roles and personalities of Homer’s characters—the Greek beauty Helen, the enslaved girl Briseis, the ...

All in all, the translations point to the wide interconnection of the ancient world, he says, where Bronze Age trade routes were used to carry goods from Iberia to Siberia. "It certainly has made ...

Just a 90-minute drive east from the steel-and-glass skylines of Abu Dhabi, the desert begins to shift. The land rises gently ...

The Danish government deputized private detectorists to unearth artifacts buried in farm fields. Their finds are revealing ...

The proposed IMEC corridor connecting India to Europe through the Gulf can be transformative, helping to reduce risks to the ...

The Paris museum is reopening the crates of ancient artifacts unearthed in the Palestinian territory. For years, this heritage has been in exile in Geneva due to the conflict with Israel.

Fred Smith, who transformed the parcel shipping industry by risking his family’s fortune to found FedEx Corp. in 1971, has died. He was 80.

A Necropolis is a mere depository for dead bodies,” Douglass wrote. “Green-Wood,” on the other hand, implied “verdure, shade, ...

The invention of the wheel is often hailed as one of the most transformative moments in human history. Yet, for all its ...

Hvar may be best known as a party town, but Joanna Booth packs her trainers and swaps cocktails for running trails to ...

ACROSS England’s rolling hills, moors, and wooded valleys, ancient stories lie hidden beneath the soil. The traces of ...

Iraq), Nineveh sat amid trade routes and fertile fields and existed, in some form, for thousands of years. A famous bronze head from the third millennium B.C. found there may depict King Sargon of ...