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Ancient Greece

Lord Elgin went beyond his original mandate, amassing a vast store of treasures, one scholar notes.

Many of us strive to avoid talking politics at a big holiday feasts. But in Homer's Greece, feasting was all about politics.

The American philosopher Martha Nussbaum’s new book, The Monarchy of Fear, examines the politics of primal fear in the 2016 election.

One scholar sees more in the Christmas food of authors like Charles Dickens—English national identity and class.

Ongoing study and debate about gender neutral pronouns.

Horses and mules played a major role in the American Civil War. In the end, there were about twice as many dead equines as humans.

For most of the Jewish world, Hanukkah is a minor holiday. What happened in America?

Director Steven Soderbergh’s historical drama series, The Knick, brings viewers inside a New York City hospital’s operating room ...