Could an ancient Athenian understand a Byzantine Greek speaker and realize they spoke different versions of the same language ...

What were books like in ancient Greece and Rome? the oldest known writing dates to around 5000 BCE. It origins are mysterious ...

Since the adoption of the euro in Bulgaria, a seemingly small linguistic detail has sparked notable public debate: why Bulgarian euro coins are marked with “stotinki” rather than “cents”. Bulgaria is ...

A historic chapter in American monetary history has concluded with the record-breaking sale of the final “Omega” penny set for $800,000. The transaction occurred during a landmark public auction held ...

All Purpose Studio and James Rogers have designed a striking new brand and packaging for Korontini olive oil. The extra ...

Canyon Ranch — where New York meets Massachusetts — is in a Lenox, Mass., mansion. Its architects designed NYC’s public ...

The seemingly quixotic quest to build fully autonomous cars is a bit like Zeno’s paradox. The ancient Greek philosopher argued that to arrive at any destination you must first cover half the distance.

As a young man, Goethe visited Jewish schools in Frankfurt, and even attended a circumcision and a Jewish wedding ...

Trudging through the dark with a dim lantern, a remarkable black man named Stephen Bishop tirelessly explored the world's ...

A researcher has finally cracked the code of two ancient Dead Sea Scroll fragments that baffled scholars for more than 70 ...

What can sororities, #RushTok and influencer-student megastars like the Darnell sisters tell us about US girlhood? We visit ...