When it comes to mental illness, we’ve come a long way since the days of superstition and sorcery. But we still have work to ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered ... This story appears in the January/February 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Depicted on a tetradrachm, the Olympian Dionysus ...

He covers the environment, archaeology, and general science topics. His work has also appeared in outlets such as Mongabay, New Scientist, Hakai Magazine, Ancient History Magazine, and others.

Traditionally, philologists (scholars of the history of language and literary texts) and classical archaeologists have regarded each other with some skepticism. Koloski-Ostrow, on the other hand, ...

The kaffiyeh is a square-shaped hand-woven checkered scarf with a wavy motif around the border– representing olive leaves—and ...

Yards from the sapphire waters, in the long shadows of ancient cypress trees, we had ourselves a lavish picnic. A last hurrah. A feast of deviled eggs and chicken salad sandwiches. Even way back ...

Vases found in Guatemala offer rare physical proof of tobacco use among ancient Maya, but with a twist: This time, they didn’t inhale.

The ancient coelacanth, which has existed for some 419 million years, never stopped evolving despite its reputation as a ...

In 1953, Time magazine called the reassembly of the over 34,000 stones the “biggest jigsaw puzzle in history ... full-length motion pictures. The Ancient Spanish Monastery is an extraordinary ...

Sean Mowbray is a freelance writer based in Scotland. He covers the environment, archaeology, and general science topics. His work has also appeared in outlets such as Mongabay, New Scientist, Hakai ...

Once derided, La Grande Motte, a surreal 1960s resort in the South of France, is increasingly seen as having been ahead of ...