The role of good Greek tyrants and aesimnetai in ancient Greece, highlighting leaders like Peisistratus, Polycrates, and Solon.

The Hebrew Bible, which Christians call the Old Testament, offers instructions about celebrating a Jubilee every 50 years. The Jubilee has roots in the Jewish practice of Sabbath rest every seven days ...

A union is calling for Cardiff University’s vice chancellor to “cut her own £290k salary” after plans to shed 400-full time jobs were announced amid a funding shortfall.

For centuries, the monumental complex of Qaṣr-e Šīrīn, located in the province of Kermanshah, Iran, has been the subject of ...

SCIENTISTS are offering someone $1 million if they can solve a mystery from the Bronze Age. Researchers have long been trying ...

Now, archaeologists working at the construction site of a school complex have discovered 13 “unusual” Gallic burials dating to the Iron Age, according to a Jan. 28 news release from the French ...

In India, locks shaped like elephants symbolized strength and wisdom, while those resembling peacocks signified beauty and ...

Staff say they are in shock as nursing, modern languages, and music are among degrees under threat with 400 jobs academic ...

Numerous stampedes at religious gatherings in India have claimed countless lives over the years. Recent incidents include the ...

Cardiff University is set to close numerous courses due to financial cuts. A number of other courses are also expected to be ...

Ancient Egyptians mummified baboons for religious purposes, but new research reveals they were likely raised in captivity ...

Over the course of just eight years, the forests surrounding Indonesia’s Lake Poso, an ecological and evolutionary “gem” on ...