Ares—the Greek god of war, known as Mars in the Roman world—is never depicted committing an assault on a woman.

In the ancient world, birth was not just the beginning of a human life - it was a sacred event believed to be touched by ...

Hypsipyle was the mythical ancient Greek queen of Lemnos who ruled over a matriarchal society after all the men were massacred.

Before kings and empires, there were gods who ruled from the clouds — immortal, powerful, and often dangerously human. On ...

The cast of “Metamorphoses” makes frequent use of a pool at the center of the set, designed by Jason Simms. Evelyn Chen, top, is a New York City-based actor and dancer making her Berkshire Theatre ...

In the Kelkit district of Gümüşhane, northwestern Türkiye, archaeologists made a remarkable discovery at Satala, an ancient ...

Image Credit:Shutterstock. Paphos, perched on the Mediterranean coast, is a crossroads of myth and history, where the goddess ...

Autumn bites across Europe, yet a short hop south still serves warm seas, late sunsets and lively promenades after dark.

Grey skies looming? One Mediterranean island keeps the party going deep into autumn, with warm seas, lively resorts and long, ...

This Halloween, as children dress as witches for trick-or-treating, a real witch in Wausau is celebrating the ancient Celtic festival that started it all.

The exhibition programme for next year at the Ashmolean in Oxford has been released by the museum, with an exciting array of culture on offer.

We do end up regretting not saying “I love you” enough, studies of romantic regrets suggest. It is a major regret, especially ...