The ancient Nigerian sculptures that rewrote African history

After a fragment was found in 1943 and dated to 500 B.C., the Nok terra-cotta sculptures shook up the Eurocentric academic ...
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Lysistrata: The Ancient Greek Sex Strike That Challenged War and Gender Roles

Aristophanes' Lysistrata, first performed in 411 BC during the Peloponnesian War, is one of the most widely discussed works ...
Greek Reporter

Ancient Greece’s Sacred Wars: The Battle for Delphi’s Oracle

Control of the Oracle of Delphi was a key issue in Ancient Greece, and various cities and coalitions fought over it during ...

The Most Haunting Music in ‘The Odyssey’ Has Ancient Roots

Ludwig Göransson’s soundtrack for Christopher Nolan’s film resurrects an ancient instrument, the aulos, to evoke the ...

'The Odyssey’ dog is among the legendary pups of mythology

While Portuguese podengo’s ancestors date back to 600 BC, Argos wasn’t the only famous dog during the time period. Throughout ...
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The Rise of Hermanubis: The Hybrid God of Both Rome and Egypt

When the Romans invaded and incorporated ancient Egypt into their vast empire, they inevitably brought with them their own customs, traditions, and religion. But, even so, they could not extinguish ...