Take the new Russian state-backed film “Tolerance .” Released in September 2025 to a less than enthusiastic public response, ...

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During a four-year excavation of an Etruscan well at the ancient Italian settlement of Cetamura del Chianti, a team led by a Florida State University archaeologist and art historian unearthed ...

Volterra, an archaeological gem in the province of Pisa, in Italy, is often eclipsed by more famous historical sites. This beautiful village, however, dates to the Etruscan period and also contains ...

Long before modern science, sharks lived in the imaginations and fears of ancient civilizations. This deep dive explores how these mysterious creatures appeared in myths, artwork, and folklore from ...

This piece is part of a series of articles covering the medieval and early modern great powers of each of Asia’s regions: East Asia, Central and North Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and West Asia ...

Popular culture often paints Medieval Western Europe as a dark, backward time of ignorance, but is that accurate? This video challenges common myths, comparing European and Islamic civilizations ...

The feeling will be familiar to many who have visited the great cities of history: I had come to Athens for the first time and made a pilgrimage to its democratic Assembly, Plato's Academy, and ...