Opinion
To Understand Egypt, Meet My Friend, a Political Prisoner
When we were younger, my friend Alaa Abd El Fattah and I didn’t know just how intimately prison, and state violence, would shape our lives.
Greek Reporter1d
The Story of the Real Marathon Run in Ancient Greece
Did the ancient Greek soldier Pheidippides actually run the distance from Athens to Sparta and back — not just from Marathon to Athens? Credit: MatthiasKabel/Wikimedia Commons/ Creative Commons ...
Ancient Tunic in Greek Tomb Belonged to Alexander the Great, Controversial Study Claims
The famous conqueror’s burial location remains a mystery, but new research claims that material found in one of the iconic ...
New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii
When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for centuries.
Church in Egyptian Desert Reveals Early Christian Burial Practices
More than a decade ago, archaeologists began to excavate one of the world’s oldest Christian churches in the middle of a ...
Science is revealing the true stories of Pompeii’s victims beneath the ash
Two sisters are caught in an eternal embrace. The poignant figures, frozen in time, humanize an ancient natural disaster. But ...
Smithsonian Magazine3d
Archaeologists Discover Ancient Egyptian Family Tomb Full of Necklaces, Bracelets and Rings
The 3,800-year-old site near the city of Luxor holds the remains of 11 individuals, who may have been members of the same ...
Greek Reporter3d
Scapegoat: The Ancient Hebrew Custom Behind the Expression
The term "scapegoat" refers to someone who unfairly takes the blame for others but its origins come from an ancient Hebrew ...
Harvard Medical School3d
Ancient DNA Challenges Stories Told About Pompeii Victims
The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...
'Extraordinary' Tomb of Ancient Egyptian Called 'Lady of the House' Found 4,000 Years After Her Death
On Oct. 2, the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities, announced on Facebook that the tomb of the daughter of the ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle3d
Unraveling the ancient past, one tablet at a time
In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...