As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Apollonius is far from the only ancient scholar whose work was saved by the medieval Islamic tradition: “we generally recognize that we have Greek texts today because of the Arab ‘hold’ on these texts ...

Little did Leonidas know that over 2,500 years later, "Molon Lave" would be used as a global marketing tool -from weapons to ...

Please scroll down to end of page for previous years' dates. Cyprus has a population of about 1.1 million, nearly 82 percent of whom follow the Greek Orthodox Church and celebrate Easter accordingly, ...

Cyprus Hails US Decree on Arms Sales, Turkish Cypriots Decry 'Warmongering' NICOSIA (Reuters) -Cyprus on Thursday hailed U.S. President Joe Biden's memorandum allowing military sales, including ...

(AP Photo/Hussein Malla) Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year] NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — President Joe Biden issued a directive Wednesday that allows Cyprus to buy arms ...

As a volcanic eruption darkened the sun roughly 4,900 years ago, a Stone Age culture sacrificed hundreds of decorated stone plaques to try to coax it back. A trove of engraved stones unearthed ...

A Taste of Honey was a groundbreaking depiction of female coming-of-age, single motherhood, pregnancy, interracial relationships, and homosexuality, with Delaney’s story illuminating the kind of young ...

Charred by the flames of a funeral pyre, the Derveni Papyrus has proved to be a fascinating—and confounding—artifact Teresa Nowakowski Daily Correspondent The Derveni Papyrus, named for the ...

New discoveries by a UCF researcher and her team at the ancient Mesopotamian site of Kurd Qaburstan, including clay tablets with ancient cuneiform writing, a game board and large structural ...

This work could not have happened in New York.” Indeed, “The Scapegoat” is riven throughout with ancient lore and practices in ways that seem of another world. The exhibition’s title—and ...