Greek Reporter

How Riddles Shaped Myth, Philosophy, and Religion in Ancient Greece

In Ancient Greece, riddles were crucial cultural elements, present in myth, religious practices, and philosophical thought.
Greek Reporter

Plato and the First Known Argument for Gender Equality in Ancient Greece

The Greek philosopher Plato proposed gender equality, arguing women could participate in political and military life in his ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Historians Say They’ve Discovered a Long-Lost Page From the Archimedes Palimpsest, a Treasure Trove of Rare Ancient Mathematical Treatises

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

Archaeologists Unearth 43,000 Ancient Egyptian Receipts, Notes, and ‘To Do’ Lists

Ancient Egyptians truly took this to the next level. The ostraca fragments arguably dealt with mundane matters, such as “tax ...
Ancient Origins

The Luminous Migrants: The Blond, Blue-Eyed Peoples Who Transformed the Chalcolithic Levant

"From this we can conclude that all blue-eyed individuals are linked to the same ancestor. They have all inherited the same switch at exactly the same spot in their DNA." — Prof ...
BroadwayWorld

Paul Jacobs to Perform POULENC’S ORGAN CONCERTO with Cleveland Orchestra

GRAMMY Award-winning organist Paul Jacobs will join the Cleveland Orchestra for a series of performances featuring POULENC’S ...