An ancient Greek myth tells us that when Pandora opened the box, all the world’s evils were unleashed as punishment from Zeus upon humanity. Even...

Researchers say one of the earliest ideas resembling medical innovation may come not from archaeological evidence but from myth itself. A new study...

According to an obscure ancient Greek legend set around the Trojan War, a king of Egypt was struck blind as a divine punishment for attacking the...

Terracotta relief depicting Pelops and Hippodamaia in a chariot. Credit: Stephen Chappell / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Researchers say one of the...

Terracotta relief depicting Pelops and Hippodamaia in a chariot. Credit: Stephen Chappell / Flickr / CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Researchers say one of the...

Director of Medea Leila Henriques reveals how she brought ancient Greek tragedy into contemporary Johannesburg.

Many readers are surely familiar with the story of “Pandora’s box” a Greek myth about the first woman “Pandora” who was...

How was the sky held up according to Greek mythology? Famously, Atlas the Titan had to hold it up as part of a punishment from the gods. Usually,...

A well in the Bayuda desert. Credit: Clemens Schmillen / / CC BY-SA 4.0 An isolated 4,000-year-old burial in Sudan’s Bayuda Desert is offering rare...

“The cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment persists, and so does our fight for dignity, justice, and humanity inside prisons where rights are...