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European court upholds Italy's claim to Greek bronze
AFP via Yahoo News· 52 minutes agoItaly is allowed to confiscate an ancient Greek bronze fished from the Adriatic in the 1960s and now in the Getty Museum in Los Angeles, the European...
In This Ancient Cemetery, Romans Left Fine Glass Vessels, Platforms for Feasting and Phallic...
Smithsonian Magazine· 3 days agoArchaeologists in Narbonne, France, have unearthed a Roman necropolis containing nearly 1,500...
A history of weddings: How modern traditions developed | Heckman
Pocono Record via Yahoo News· 5 days agoGuess who won? Speaking of the church, the next big step in the history of marriage was the rise of Roman Catholicism in Europe. By the eighth century marriage became a church ...
Morning Glory: The show trial of Donald Trump
Fox News· 4 hours agoNEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! First things first: The most important thing you can read this week, if you are an American concerned with...
This Newly Deciphered Papyrus Scroll Reveals the Location of Plato's Grave
Smithsonian Magazine· 17 hours agoThanks to an ancient text and specialized scanning technology, researchers say they have solved the...
With its beautiful Byzantine mosaics, Ravenna only gets better with age | HeraldNet.com
Everett Herald· 3 days agoWhile locals go about their business, busloads of tourists slip in and out of this town near the...
‘If you don’t talk to ghosts, they’ll have their way’: the classicist whose life became a Greek...
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 4 days agoIt is often said that Edith Hall is to Greece what Mary Beard is to Rome. Over a long career, each...
22-Foot-Long Scroll From 19th Century Features Timeline of Perceived World History Up to That Point
My Modern Met· 5 days agoFor Sebastian C. Adams, this perspective was that of a white, 19th-century Christian man who wore...
Letter to the editor: Nip antisemitism in the bud now
The Washington Times· 2 days agoHistory tells humanity a remarkable tale, but it only does us any good if we’re able to remember it...
American Gods | Magazine | The Harvard Crimson
The Harvard Crimson· 2 days agoIn Disney’s version of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians,” the Empire State Building is the tallest building in New York. This is no longer true in real...