From the olive wreaths of Olympic champions to the gold crowns of Hellenistic aristocrats, wreaths have symbolized glory, ...

War was a prominent event in ancient Greece, whether between city states or against foreign powers. However, laws controlled ...

Ancient Greek history is full of men who left their own mark for their military genius, bravery, artistic greatness, and ...

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

Born about 600 BCE in what is now southwestern Iran, Cyrus “the Great” is considered the founder of the Persian Achaemenid empire. He is remembered as “the Great” to distinguish him from his ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — The three-dimensional shape of a protein can be used to resolve deep, ancient evolutionary relationships in the tree of life, according to a new study. It is the first time ...

Mar. 24, 2025 — Biologists have discovered that bombesin, a neurohormone controlling appetite in humans, also regulates feeding in starfish, revealing its ancient evolutionary origin dating back ...