The ancient Greek religious festival of Anthesteria was revived in the center of the old city in Athens on Sunday.

The religions of the ancient Greeks and the ancient Romans, often simply called “classical religion,” are often viewed as ...

The sanctuaries and temples of ancient Olympia are some of the oldest and most important in all of Ancient Greece.

Prologue For about a millennium the Mongol Turks have been targeting the Greeks. The Mongol Turks first appeared in the neighborhood of the Greek medieval ...

Every year as Valentine’s Day approaches, people remind themselves that not all expressions of love fit the stereotypes of ...

Philosophers have always wrestled with how love can be so morally important, yet so personal and even arbitrary.

Many people depicted in a supposedly "groundbreaking" book on psychedelics and religion are now speaking out against it.

Authoring a book or editing a volume are among the most consequential professional achievements in an academic's life. In ...

Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (1981) argues that horror serves a cathartic function, allowing creators and audiences to confront fears safely, providing an emotional “workout” that helps individuals ...

By 1600 b.c., less than one in 20 bones found at sites in the Levant typically come from pigs, and most of those appear to be ...

For most of history, the Moon was regarded as a mysterious and powerful object. Then scientists made it into a destination ...

In 399 BC, Socrates stood before a jury of 500 Athenian citizens, accused of undermining the state religion and introducing ...