Every culture has an explanation about how we got here. The ancient Greeks were no different. The dramatic story of the origins of humanity in Greek mythology involves love, pain, and a hefty dose of ...

The story of how the first cities rose from southern Mesopotamia has long fascinated scientists and historians. Many ...

Se non è vero, è ben trovato (even if it isn't true, it makes a good story)—reflects a good deal of human history.

Each time I read Inside Higher Ed, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Times Higher Education, The New York Times, The Washington Post, semi-academic periodicals and books from Johns Hopkins University ...

How did Russia come to be the kind of nation that it is? What are the roots of its particular identity? Gregory Carleton and Serhii Plokhy take on these questions, and both turn to similar events in ...

Most fans of The Chronicles of Narnia are familiar with the same starting point. The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe was the original book in the series and the first movie adapted in the 2000s ...

The American Museum of Natural History’s newest “revitalized” hall—the Northwest Coast Hall, which reopened in 2022 after five years and $19 million spent—includes a case with a warning label: CAUTION ...