Ancient Greeks were xenophobic yet practiced hospitality, balancing fear of outsiders with cultural exchange and social cooperation.

Ancient Greek philosopher Plato, a student of Socrates, believed people significantly impact personal growth. He likened individuals to soil, stating some nurture and foster development, while others ...

How many of us knew that the city of Gaza, the war-torn Palestinian enclave, has a Greek past that defined the history of the ...

Discover the evolution of economics from ancient times to modern theories that influence global markets, including Adam Smith and Keynesian approaches.

Discovered in a shipwreck near Antikythera in 1900, the Antikythera Mechanism is a complex geared device used to model ...

Jewish pogroms in nineteenth-century Odessa, examining the role of the Greek community, economic rivalry, imperial policy and ...

“Greece and China control 50% of global shipping,” underlined George Xiradakis, president of the Association of Banking & Financial Executives, coordinator of the first panel on the shipping ...

Socrates, an ancient Greek philosopher from Athens, profoundly influenced Western thought without writing. His method of ...

Archaeologists in Trabzon, Turkey, have made an extraordinary discovery, unearthing one of the world’s only three known ancient river ports. The structure, found buried nearly eight meters (26 feet) ...

From ancient linen barriers to industrial rubber, the history of condoms traces how epidemics, morality, science, and social ...

A mysterious inscription sheds light on the issue of whether the Great Mosque of Homs in Syria was constructed over the ...

With the penny being ushered out of circulation early in the 21st century, theologians, historians, archaeologists and numismatists continue to glean insights from coins of the first century, when ...