A gruesome new discovery provides the first skeletal proof of humans being attacked by big cats in Roman gladiatorial spectacles. Found in a cemetery near York, the bones show clear bite marks from a ...

Healers have treated their patients with silk throughout history. Now they're harnessing its strength, biocompatibility, and ...

Greece plans a €25 billion modernization of its armed forces, focusing on high-tech defenses amid ongoing disputes with ...

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

Archeologists have uncovered the burial in Liternum, an ancient town in Campania that flourished from the 1st century BC to ...

Armed with spear and shield, Hoplites weren’t professional soldiers - they were citizens ready to defend their homeland at a moment’s notice.

Over 1,700 years ago, the ancient Greek Stoic philosopher, Epictetus, proposed an entirely different theory. He argued that it’s not life events that upset us, but our thoughts about them.

The Israeli army is extensively using Palestinians as human shields in Gaza, referring to them as “Shawish.” According to an Israeli soldier’s revelation in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, the army ...

Central to the plan is a planned air defense system, “Achilles Shield,” aimed at addressing tensions with neighbor Turkey.