Electra’s tragic myth inspired Carl Jung’s Electra complex, shaping psychological views on father-daughter relationships.

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

Archaeologists excavating a Roman-era fort in northern England have unearthed several enormous ancient leather soles that ...

Never There’ invites viewers to face what’s missing – lost stories, buried identities – and through striking sculptures and ...

At this time of year, my social media feeds are full of pictures of people in robes standing outside cathedrals, they or their friends having been ordained. So this is a good time to reflect on what ...

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

Discover the lesser-known town in Italy that features Roman-style structures made from a stone that glows in the light, ...

Their enemies portrayed them as barbarians, but their artifacts tell a different story. Between their weapons, jewelry, and ...

In ancient Rome, the average adult male ate two pounds of grain a day in the form of porridge or bread. The standard measure ...

By Bonnie Brown Columnist June is traditionally a very popular month for weddings for a variety of reasons.  In ancient Rome, ...

“Think of MIS 5a as a climatic pendulum,” explains Dr Knut Bretzke, lead researcher and head of the German Archaeological ...

Standing in the vast ruins of the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, hundreds of gulls circle above. Their haunting cries echo ...