Chennai-based craftsman Tharun Sekar has revived the 2000-year-old Yazh, a forgotten Tamil harp, through deep research, ...

Back in the days of the Greek physician Hippocrates (460–377 BCE), practitioners recommended various plants, berries, and natural remedies for weight loss. These treatments were intended to ...

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In a northern Greek village, amidst swirling incense and rhythmic music ... The ceremony begins in the “konaki,” a room adorned with Orthodox icons, where participants dance to lyre and drum music.

Statue of Ovid in Constanța, Romania. Credit: www.bdmundo.com, Flickr, CC BY-SA 2.0. If we took ancient Greece out of the equation, the Ovid we celebrate and admire today wouldn’t exist. Yes, Publius ...

Researchers in Pompeii believe they may have found the first physical evidence of an ancient Greek ‘machine gun’ known as polybolos. Image:Damage near the Herculaneum Gate at Pompeii. Credit: Mike ...

A powerful symbol. With their soft, ethereal tones, the harp, lyre and zither have long held a place in the collective ...

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