Edward Watts, a professor of history at the University of California, San Diego, delivered a lecture this past Wednesday ...

Professional politicians, whether in the ancient Graeco-Roman or in the contemporary context, are quantitatively a negligible minority of the citizen-body. For them politics are a way of life, even ...

The Hellenistic period was a veritable cauldron of ambition, betrayal, and sheer bloodlust. It was an era marked by dramatic ...

A range of technical advances sit on the cusp of widespread introduction or are already spreading fast. These include AI, ...

Archaeologists are finding that ancient sustainability was tethered closely to politics. However, these dynamics are often ...

One seeing the image couldn’t help but marvel at the political figure’s fortitude. Protected by heaven, his aura was of steeled strength and unquestionable authority. This intimidating imagery ...

While the works of Plato and Aristotle draw universal attention from students of political philosophy, Thucydides' reception has been more limited and localized. Most frequently, he is sought for his ...

A 4,000-year-old temple and theater unearthed in Peru sheds light on ancient Andean religious practices and social ...

The ancient Greeks' three-part persuasion formula is still the best standard for judging the effectiveness of any speaker.

Political posts on social media that most frequently referenced ancient history tended to be more extreme, hostile and ...

The meanings of terms like sattvic and tamasic shifted over time, said JNU professor R Mahalakshmi during a talk at Delhi’s ...

The family’s astrology magazine, Aina-e-Qismat (Mirror of Fate), still publishes every month. Zanjani says it has a ...