Phillis Wheatley came to America on a slave ship, but soon became its first African-American poet with knowledge of Latin ans ...

Roman poet Quintus Horatius Flaccus (December8, 65 BC–November 27, BC). Horace is possibly the first to write an autobiography. Photograph engraving published 1882 ...

At Cornell, I’ve come to realize that, by this point in history, to think that anything at all is unprecedented is simply to have not read enough history. There is no question that someone else has ...

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John Goodall examines some of the recent changes made to highlight the saints associated with this ancient church. Photographs by Paul ... has a long and fascinating history in England, from the Roman ...

New archaeological museum contains original marble map from Ancient Rome - Visitors can walk over the map in the museum in ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought.

Archaeologists in Luxembourg have unearthed a stash of Roman gold coins dating back some 1,600 years. The coins are marked ...

Most research on women in Ancient Greece and Rome concentrate on urban domestic life where there were no references to women ...

Experts in Denmark initially overlooked the “unusual” Roman item because it was buried with “enough weapons for a small army.” ...

The lentil-shaped objects were unearthed in Hadrianopolis, an ancient city in modern-day Turkey, that once hosted a Roman ...