Shared religious rites united ancient Greek villages and regions. Worship intially was communal, but as people sought meaning in life and hope for an afterlife, they were drawn to cults that ...

The Nazca civilization thrived on Peru's southern coast for 850 years, creating the mysterious Nazca lines that can still be ...

One of ancient Greece's most hallowed sites has been found thanks to a determined Swiss archaeologist, a chatty local, and a ...

Athens was the place to go in ancient Greece for culture. Every four years, Athens held the Panathenaic Games. Thousands of people paraded through the city to worship the god Athena. There were ...

Hiereiai (singular: hiereia) was the title of the female priesthood or priestesses in ancient Greece. According to the religious demands of ancient times, there were a number of different offices by ...

Who were the ancient Greeks? Who were the ancient Greeks? Discover different ancient Greek cities and find out how they were ruled. How did the Olympic Games begin? Learn how the Olympic Games ...

View our world through the eyes of the Ancient Greeks and Romans, inventors of theater, democracy, Civil law, and straight roads! UD’s Ancient Greek and Roman Studies program allows students to ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

Egypt is home to one of the most ancient civilizations on Earth. Occupied continuously since the 4th millennium BCE, cities ...

The ancient Greeks were well versed in the spectrum of gender and queerness, often taking up the theme of sexuality with little angst and much wit, insight, and depth. Nowhere is that clearer than ...

The Greeks were great philosophers and their physicians lent more towards rational thinking when dealing with medicine, compared to the Egyptians. Ancient Greek medicine is probably the basis of ...

Ancient Israelites burned cannabis as part of ... This is the first evidence of psychotropic drugs being used in early Jewish worship, Israeli media report. The temple was first discovered in ...