From Plato to Proclus, Athens was regarded as the epicenter of many ancient Greek philosophers' vibrant intellectual lives.

Commodus, Rome's infamous "mad emperor," ruled with vanity, cruelty, and gladiatorial obsession, shaping the empire's decline.

I have lived in exile in the United Kingdom for more years than I care to remember. Now, in retirement, my thoughts often drift back to my youth recalling the faces and names that once filled the ...

On Tuesday, the Feast of St Jerome, I used the occasion to highlight what I see as one of the great hinges of Christian history: how we translate the Bible, and how mistranslation–especially in the ...

What is the difference between representative government and the government in ancient Athens? In a representative government, there is no institutional role for the assembled people. However: ...

The Artificial Intelligence chatbot, ChatGPT, appeared to improvise ideas and make mistakes like a student in a study that rebooted a 2,400-year-old mathematical challenge. The experiment, by two ...

The sun hangs heavy over central Iraq in late afternoon, painting the ruins of Babylon in heat and light. Dust rises from the ground in soft clouds, carrying a faint scent that seems older than time ...

A new study of the Altar Q of Copan in Honduras has revolutionized the archaeological community. This piece, carved in the eighth century and considered one of the most emblematic monuments of the ...

"This forces us to rethink the starting conditions for our planet’s water system." Liquid water flowed across the surface of the asteroid that birthed the near-Earth object (NEO) Ryugu much later than ...

The Albanian philosopher on No 10’s shift to the right on immigration, her grandmother, and that Spectator article. By Megan Gibson Lea Ypi has become something of a master of shifting identities.