Greek, the oldest written language still in use, has shaped culture, philosophy, and science for over 3,700 years.

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Many years ago, while writing a research paper on Iran, I was impressed by a recurring theme: Researchers and visitors alike consistently spoke of ...

Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

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(We know where the 7 wonders of the ancient world are—except ... of Zeus-Oromasdes (Ahura Mazda), a Persian concept that appears in the Avesta, the sacred writing of Zoroastrianism (the religion ...

Against erasure, against distortion, and against frameworks that do not fit, Jews are reclaiming the right to define ...

As dusk falls over the Gobi Desert, the golden hues of the Mogao Caves seem to whisper tales of a bygone era. Yet within ...

What if the guiding narrative of 2,000 years of human history was a slow march toward the worship of money? A new book by ...

Rick Steves has traveled to Greece since he was a teen. One of his favorite islands near Mykonos features ancient temples, ...

Many old inventions are still in use today. These inventions, like Greek fire or the Baghdad battery, come from different ...

The Rosetta Stone is a slab of ancient stone that bears identical text inscribed in three different writing systems: ...