The Dionysian fresco, dubbed the "house of Thiasos" by archaeologists, was unearthed from a banquet hall amid excavations to Insula 10 Regio IX in Pompeii. (all images courtesy Parco Archeologico di ...

Almost 38 years ago, playwright and Miami native Sandra Riley took a job teaching and directing drama at a U.S. Army base in Japan. Immersed in the history and culture of a strange new land, she ...

Archaeologists have long known that complex societies can unravel with startling speed, but a growing body of evidence suggests at least one ancient culture reached a level of sophistication that ...

PORTO NOVO, Benin (AP) — A traditional mask festival in Porto Novo, Benin, showcases the country’s unique face masks and full-body costumes, that are tied to ancient customs and traditions. Once ...

It was common for ancient cultures to communally take hallucinogens, but this society did things much differently. An international team of archaeologists has revealed the role hallucinogenic drugs ...

The issue of who was considered Greek during the era of ancient Greece has been a matter of broad scholarly debate for ...

A graduate student at Oakland University is keeping an ancient language and heritage alive in the 21st Century. The Chaldean Language Workshop, a class founded by Stephen Hannawi, started meeting ...

In school, history often comes packaged in tidy chapters and predictable timelines, but let’s be honest, real history is anything but neat. It’s messy, dramatic, filled with surprises, and often way ...