Adam Cullen recently completed the English translation of Lennart Meri's "Silverwhite" ("Hõbevalge.") In this interview, ...

Adam Cullen recently completed the English translation of Lennart Meri's "Silverwhite" ("Hõbevalge.") In this interview, ...

The trouble was that Troy might not even have existed. The acclaimed Greek poet Homer popularized the Trojans and their city in The Iliad and The Odyssey, the 8th-century B.C. epic poems.These ...

President Donald J. Trump traveled to the United Arab Emirates on Thursday, marking the final leg of his Middle East trip. While visiting Qasr Al Watan, the UAE’s presidential palace in the ...

Scientists studied more than 700 ancient Chinese poems that mention the Yangtze finless porpoise to determine its population history, according to a new study.

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information about the habitat of the world’s only freshwater porpoise Almost 300 ...

AN ANCIENT sword engraved with swastikas and forged long before Jesus walked the Earth has been discovered in a Celtic Iron Age necropolis. Uncovered intact in France after 2,300 years, the sword w… ...

Yajurveda. One demon king, feared by the gods and admired by warriors, accomplished the unimaginable in a world where ego ...

Our columnist recommends books featuring centuries of L.G.B.T.Q. love stories that defy tragedy, laugh in the face of shame and lean into unabashed joy.

A woman, role model, and the first native-born Irish saint, some stories of how Saint Brigid, celebrated on Feb 1, came to hold a special place in Ireland’s heart.

And even though love may be felt in the heart by both groups of people, ancient Mesopotamians also felt love in the liver and knees. “It remains to be seen whether we can say something in the future ...