Ancient Greek poetry from Homer to Sappho shows that beautiful ankles, feet and graceful movement formed ideals of physical beauty.

It is not a route through the most remote expanses of the planet. It is the call of the endless expanse of sand and rock, where people seem like mirages and space stretches as far as the eye can see.

If one is to judge by the fire and ardor with which this book is sought after, it is the most excellent of all books. Never were so many copies printed ...

Humans have taken advantage of the metabolism in a tiny fungus called yeast to create beer and wine from grains and fruits. What are the biological mechanisms behind this alcohol production? Aa Aa Aa ...

There are places in this world that stop you cold the moment you see them, and Grand Falls in Joplin, Missouri is absolutely one of those places. You can read about it, look at photos, and hear people ...

The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and some regional partners helped rescue 27 lake sturgeon trapped in a river channel.

A discovery at a Parisian hospital, on an island in the Seine, has given archaeologists clues about the city as Julius Caesar may have found it.

There’s not much these intrepid history hunters will shy away from, and now even more has been revealed about the lives of ancient marine reptiles thanks to some sea monster vomit. By looking at over ...

You remember, last time, we were discussing the Roman army as a force in ancient civilization, a moving force which helped transmit the ideas, the concepts, the religions, in the early centuries of ...

Season 20 Episode 3 \| 29m 6s Video has Closed Captions \| CC. The Roman Army’s discipline makes it a dominant force that ...

Reduced to its essence, today’s parable is a lesson in humility. Everything we have is God’s gift, and God is generous beyond compare. We are his servants, his “useless” servants (Luke 17:10). By ...

In an excerpt from his new book True North, author Paul Theroux traces his roots through Canada—and finds that “Newfies are ...