Classical Antiquity

An evaluation of four early 20th century British scientists and their radical social inclinations. Comments too on some contemporary theorists of eco-domesday and the appalling failure of conservation measures regarding sites of industrial dereliction. Originally published on the Dialectical Butterflies and Revolt Against Plenty sites.

The Hagia Sophia remains a highly popular tourist destination, attracting millions of travelers. Here is a detailed look at this ancient UNESCO World Heritage Site in Istanbul, Turkey.

A settlement dating back around 3,400 years has been discovered near the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt.

New discoveries challenge old ideas about the earliest alphabets.

Researchers analyzed the ancient DNA of two mummies from what is now Libya to learn about people who lived in the "Green Sahara" 7,000 years ago.

The ancient burial structures, strikingly similar all across Europe and the mediterranean, have puzzled scientists and historians for centuries

The site may have started as a guard tower to protect a road and collect taxes, but archaeologists aren't certain.

Flagstones, an ancient monument and burial ground in England, is older than Stonehenge, a new radiocarbon-dating study finds.

According to new research from the University of Cambridge, modern humans are a result of two populations (potentially Homo heidelbergensis and Homo erectus) that diverged 1.5 million years ago and came together in an admixture event 300,000 years ago, in a ratio of 80:20%.

Roughly 8,000-year-old remains unearthed from present-day Tunisia held a surprise: European hunter-gatherer ancestry

The statue now serves as a "silent witness of time."

Trump lives for perpetual conflict and endless domination games — not a great fit for democracy.

Unlike Manet, Degas, Renoir and Cassatt, Gustave Caillebotte mostly painted men rather than women — men at work, men in repose, even naked men getting out of the bath.

Nero's vision of grandeur inspired the likes of Raphael, Michelangelo, and Pinturicchio

AN EXTREMELY RARE "MEGALOGRAPHY" OF THE 1ST CENTURY BC, LIKE THE FAMOUS VILLA OF THE MYSTERIES Over 100 years since the discovery of the Villa of the Mysteries, a large … keep it going

Learn more about Viking culture and why new research is saying they had extensive trading networks throughout Europe and beyond.

The latest addition to the long-running strategy series brings a new approach – and a few rough edges.

Members of the fierce nomadic warrior force may have absorbed European DNA during their westward march.

A group called the Yamna once reigned supreme across the continent. But where did they come from?

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