First introduced in the Olympic Games in 648 BCE, pankration had minimal rules, allowing fighters to employ a wide array of ...

The papyrus details the prosecution of two main defendants: Gadalias, a notary’s son and something of an ancient Roman “bad ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

The ancient scroll, which looks like a lump of charcoal, was charred by the volcanic eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79AD. It's ...

A scholar of early Greek classics explains what the myth of the weapon-carrying god of love, Cupid, a child of the gods of ...

Among the ancient Greek words identified so far are ἀδιάληπτος (foolish), διατροπή (disgust), φοβ (fear), and βίου (life).

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But artificial intelligence and X-ray imaging have now been used to virtually unfurl it, revealing rows and columns of text believed to be Greek philosophy. "We're confident we will be able to read ...

When crowds become too dense, people lose control over their movement—pushed like a fluid by pressure waves. Is that what made the Maha Kumbh stampede so deadly? Watch to find out. Read More ...

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