The Book of Kells—an illuminated manuscript of the Christian gospels, the New Testament books of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and ...

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Ancient thinkers struggled to tell facts from falsehoods just like we do – and their strategies are still relevant today.

Phainos was the most famous fisherman of his time who lived in the 2nd century AD in the ancient Greek city of Halicarnassus.

A Christian empire that inherited classical learning, Byzantium preserved pagan texts via schools, new script, scholia, and ...

The fascination with Greek culture can be traced to the early modern period, from the Renaissance until the eighteenth century. During this era, European scholars – and later educated elites and a ...

The Anunnaki have become central figures in ancient astronaut theories and internet myths—but what do ancient Mesopotamian texts actually say about them? In this video, we answer key questions about ...

A team of international researchers has uncovered fresh data on the world's earliest recorded solar eclipse using ancient Chinese texts. These findings could shed light on how the Earth's rotation has ...