Shielded from development and agriculture, many archaeological sites from ancient Greece have now become inadvertent safe ...

Prologue The forced Christianization of Hellas / Greece in the fourth century and after wounded ancient Hellenic / Greek ...

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Global health body says it is sifting the wheat from the chaff in order to save lives – but critics fear it is pandering to ...

For the Ancient Greeks, music connected philosophy, medicine, and ethics, shaping both individual character and the common ...

Discover the shocking stories behind two of antiquity’s most infamous conspiracy theories. In Classical Athens, Alcibiades became the target of public panic after sacred statues were vandalized ...

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The concept of saline nasal irrigation, or bathing the nasal passages with a saltwater solution, is thought to have been ...

Spices, often overlooked, played a pivotal role in shaping Ancient Greek civilization. From the bustling markets of Athens to ...

Researchers have reconstructed ancient herpesvirus genomes from Iron Age and medieval Europeans, revealing that HHV-6 has ...

Ancient medical practices are usually frowned upon by modern society. The history of medicine is tainted by bizarre ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.