Someone asked me ... how I felt. I was reminded of a story that a fellow townsman of ours used to tell — Abraham Lincoln.

With over 8 billion people spread across the Earth's nearly 25 million square miles of habitable land, proving one's identity ...

An ancient Greek statue of a woman seemingly using a laptop has sparked time travel theories online. "Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant" is a 37-inch marble statue created ...

Cleopatra was not just a famed Greek queen of Ancient Egypt, but she also even created her own secret drinking club.

As the days get longer, readers bask in the warmth of exciting summer book releases. Whether readers are curling up at home ...

Baths, wine, and sex make life worth living’: how ancient Romans used public baths to relax, work out and socialise.

In the rainforests of Malaysia, a group of “guardian” creatures carry their young on their backs. The animals are about 1.5 inches long, but the males’ bare backs can hold tadpoles carefully ...

It might be faint praise but this adaptation of Disney’s 1997 animated film, which plays fast and loose with ancient Greek myth, is like the slickest ... his romance with Hades’ bored-seeming servant ...

These were people who did the bidding of their masters, a ragtag team of pompous asses who will bend at the knees of those who might very well use their positions and places among the wielders of ...

According to Greek legend, goddesses known as Keres watched over battlefields — but they weren't there to protect the ...

The legendary journalist Bill Moyers has died at the age of 91. In the 1960s, Moyers was a founding organizer of the Peace ...

At Petertide, Andrew Davison explores the origins of words associated with Holy Orders. Illustrations by Dave Walker ...