Nymphs offer us more than just stories of sexy nature spirits. They can reveal how ancient people thought about their world ...

A groundbreaking discovery in the realm of ancient medicine has emerged from a 2,200-year-old tomb in southern China.

Ancient Greece is where the first form of direct democracy was developed. It was called demokratia, literally meaning "rule ...

In contrast, the Rule of Kairos encourages you to make the most of those “moments of playful curiosity” and “quiet ...

He may have died laughing, but Chrysippus gifted us the blueprint for modern psychology and the Stoic wisdom that can calm our modern world.

This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.

THE BIGGEST wave pool music festival in the world is taking place this summer at a waterpark in Europe. WaterWorld Themed Waterpark Ayia Napa in Cyprus, is a huge water complex based on Ancient Gre… ...

Sports in Ancient China and Greece The history of the Olympic Movement may be divided into the ancient and modern periods. The ancient period covered at least 12 centuries from 776 BC when the ...

German runner Lukas Jens has won one of the world's toughest races, retracing the steps of a legendary Greek soldier who ran from Athens to Sparta. Jens finished the 246km (152-mile) course from ...

Speaking of Greek mythology-obsessed middle schoolers, “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is right up their alley. Yet, given that the original Rick Riordan book series came out in 2005, the ...

ANCIENT OLYMPIA – New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago to a museum in southern Greece, the latest repatriation marking ...

This story is part of Fit and Fun at Any Age—a seven part guide to live a longer and better life. FOR CHARLES STOCKING, long hours at the desk are part of the job. As a scholar of ancient Greek ...