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The mystery of the Parthenon’s lighting system, and how ancient Greeks illuminated the statue of Athena, is finally solved in ...
Event producer Andrew Carl Wilk and Doug Donato, executive director of the Waterbury Symphony Orchestra, preview the event.
The doors of the Sistine Chapel were shut and locked to the public after all 133 cardinal electors took the oath of secrecy, officially kicking off the secretive conclave process on Wednesday.
The Asian campaign of Alexander the Great had an unexpected impact on the economy of Macedonia and the rest of Ancient Greece ...
The historic city of Isfahan has been officially designated as the Asian Capital of Tourism for 2025 by the Asian Mayors ...
The Hephthalites, also called the White Huns, were feared horsemen who once ruled large swaths of north India. They were said ...
Many heroic Hindu rulers have had a rebirth of sorts. Folk tales are being dusted off and they’re now celebrated as cultural ...
TEHRAN--Hamedan Province, as one of the oldest centers of Iranian civilization, is home to many poets, cultural celebrities, ...
Rana Mehboob’s Sidh Gulal blends folklore, philosophy and political critique to re-imagine native-ness in the subcontinent ...
Applebaum: Presumably, the body that would be responsible for enforcing, you know, corruption laws against the president is ...
After its original discovery in 1885, an ancient statue sanctuary in Cyprus was subsequently covered in sand and lost to time ...
Nearly 60 works from the famed Torlonia Collection are on view in Chicago.