Roman society was, in many ways, surprisingly sophisticated. It built remarkable things like aqueducts that snaked over long ...

According to ancient writers and Greek mythology, the muses are the sources of inspiration for the arts and knowledge.

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In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

Body: late 1st century, Roman, Imperial ... sculpture and images of gods and goddesses are somewhere in between, continuing to serve a representational purpose (all heavily restored) yet no ...

Ancient Greek myths have continuously inspired both classical and modern writers, leading them to produce brilliant classic novels.

All this came to mind when I read Joseph Epstein ... s work — he compares today’s economists to the augurs of ancient Rome. These worthies of the past, having no access to charts, graphs ...

"North Africa was the Bible Belt of ancient Christianity," says ... were sometimes being persecuted by Roman officials for refusing to worship Roman gods. He is perhaps best known for ensuring ...

On the ceiling of the chapel where the cardinals elected Pope Leo XIV is Michelangelo’s kaleidoscopic signifier of a time ...

Invoking the help of the Holy Spirit and recognizing that millions of people all over the world were praying for them, 133 ...