Her twins Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene were made prisoners. But they still had a big role to play in Roman history.

Many ancient Greek statues depict male figures with what we might consider today to be small penises. This is quite intentional.

In August and September 2026, a rumor circulated online that Keiko Mori, a 22-year-old teacher in Japan, defied orders to lead 30 students to their deaths with hand grenades rather than allow them to ...

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A woman named Hipparchia shocked Ancient Greece by attacking societal norms with public sex and radical philosophy in Athens.

You tip out the sand from the suitcases and stash them in the attic. The days are shortening; children trudge unwillingly ...

You've gotta think a little differently when you're pounding the pavement instead of parking it in a beach chair.

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The Olympic flame for the Dakar Youth Olympics has been lit in Athens. The lighting marks an historic milestone for the first ...

Three Sumatran tiger cubs born at a zoo near Athens are offering hope for one of the world’s most endangered big cats.