This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

Ancient jewelry is up for auction at ... “Perhaps was it worn as part of a diadem? Was it attached to a personal devotional altar in someone’s house?” Solomon mused, adding that the next ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt that cost far less than modern pieces from modern luxury designers ...

Some of the ancient authors did describe the appearance of Cleopatra ... it is noted by Paul Edmund Stanwick that in each she is depicted wearing a diadem and has a melon hairstyle, which includes a ...

But the citrus genus has a surprising history, popping up everywhere from ancient Rome and the Renaissance to naval exploration and Casanova's famed romantic trysts. The history of citrus dates ...

A long-time Wilson player, the Ukrainian started the season using the soon-to-be-released Diadem Axis 98 racquet. The frame is designed to optimize swing speed and spin generation to produce ...

Was Stonehenge an ancient calendar? A new study says no. The Carnac stones, located in Brittany in northwestern France, date back around 6,000 years. They consist of about 3,000 stones ...

The Diamond Belt Tiara is the most significant of a reputedly sizeable collection of heritage tiaras belonging to the Scottish Peerage of Buccleuch. The seat is now headed by Richard Walter John ...

Population of ancient Greece, Men weighing merchandise, side B of an Attic black-figure amphora. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen Wikimedia Commons CC BY 2.5 Estimating the population of ancient Greece is a ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...