Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Renowned Sanskrit and Telugu scholar Brahmasri Madugula Nagaphani Sarma has been conferred with the Padma Shri for his ...

Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

In his new book Nalanda, breathtaking in its sweep and lyrical in its glory, the poet-diplomat Abhay K unearths with tender ...

In the Arizona desert, researchers are learning so much more about the peoples who have inhabited this land since antiquity ...

For centuries, when families across China gathered for Lunar New Year’s Eve, they would while away the hours playing huluwen, an ancient board game that ... print also features a design titled “No. 1 ...

The timeless fairy tale of Bai She Zhuan, The Legend of the White Snake, has been retold in a variety of art forms.

The Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department is planning extensive excavations at Korkai, the ancient port city of the Pandyan ...

BCE, King Hammurabi of Babylon etched a radical idea into stone: accountability . His code declared that if a builder rsquo;s negligence caused a house to collapse, killing its owner, the builder ...

He particularly favors Tang Dynasty calligrapher Ouyang Xun, whose kaishu (regular script) works are vigorous and forceful, ...

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...