History & Archaeology

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“The Lament for Icarus” by Herbert James Draper (1898). Source: Public Domain.

Mythology

World Mythology Warnings for TODAY #2: Icarus’s Flight & Dangerous Ambitions

Welcome back to our series World Mythology Warnings for Today. In case you missed our previous (and first) episode, be...

Apollo, prettiest of the gods of Greece, hanging out with Hyacinthus and Ciparis. Source: Alexander Ivanov / Public Domain.

The Gods of Greece, the Autocrats of the Ancient World (Part Three)

There were twelve “core” gods of the ancient Greek pantheon. In the first of these articles we looked at the...

The statue of Hermes is being pieced back together. Source: Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Stunning Statue of Hermes Amidst Ancient Discoveries in Turkish City

As part of the “Heritage to the Future Project” carried out by Turkey’s Ministry of Culture and Tourism, excavations are...

One of the clay figurines, and the impression of three fingerprints taken from the interior of another. Source: Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Ancient Fingerprints show that Egyptian Sculpture Was Collaborative

A new study of ancient Egyptian sculpture has taken a new approach by looking at the fingerprints left embedded in...

The golden larnax of Tomb II at Vergina, wherein the remains of a sacred purple tunic belonging to Alexander the Great are believed to have been found. Source: Digitalphilologist / CC BY-SA 4.0.

Archaeology & Discoveries

Tunic in Royal Vergina Tomb may have Belonged to Alexander the Great

Few individuals have changed the world, and fewer still manage to do so, as Alexander the Great did, before the...