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

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

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 ...

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

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

Commerce along sea routes was central to how Ancient Indian ideas spread around the world. William Dalrymple's new book ...

Despite wide diversity, city-states in Ancient Greece were united by a common design system that structured their ...

Ancient artefacts tell of some of the most advanced civilisations in history, a touchstone for future generations to ...

It is a trope that stretches back to the ancient world, when women were excluded from politics and men sought ways to prove that their participation would be unnatural and dangerous. As ancient ...

Ancient and medieval Indian theorists had a grim view of justice. Arthashastra insisted on harsh punishments—but also ...