The motion of work in ancient Greece had a clear distinction between working for one’s self and working for someone else.

A new study of early Neolithic bows in Mediterranean finds diverse wood use, highlighting how hunting remained important alongside farming.

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A remarkable Roman mosaic found in Rutland turns out to tell a forgotten version of the Trojan War. Rather than Homer’s famous epic, it reflects a lost Greek tragedy by Aeschylus, featuring vivid ...

There are places you visit for photographs. There are places you visit for food. And then there are places you visit because they change how you see yourself in the long story of humanity. Theopetra ...

Researchers examining animal remains from Iron Age villages in Bulgaria have discovered clear proof that people ate dogs between the fifth and first centuries ...

Memory opens onto a vanished world of peasant intelligence, where animals, people and land existed in mutual dependence—and ...

From Lake Kawaguchi in Japan to Lake Baikal in Russia, these lakes are magnificent examples of the Earth's beauty.

"The Great Shadow," by Susan Wise Bauer, is a sweeping survey of humanity’s relationship to illness over the centuries.

This small village tucked away in the Paphos rural landscape has been on the move for over 200 years, ravaged by Turks in 1821 and relocated in 1953 during British colonial rule after it was destroyed ...

Where’s hot in April? The seven best places to visit for spring sunshine - From Valencia to Rhodes, here are the best places ...

I’m a travel writer and these are the European walking holidays I’d recommend this year - From Italy and Spain to the islands ...