For more than a century, one of history’s greatest technological mysteries sat hidden beneath the sea. When historians began ...

Alexander the Great accomplished so much so soon so young that he rightly earned the honor of heroic greatness. He was definitely a hero and a genius. His mother Olympias tried to convince him he was ...

Suppose you could travel back in time to the third century BCE, and visit Alexandria, the capital city of the Greek kingdom of Egypt. Arguably it was the most enlightened, wealthy, and powerful of all ...

An academic study stirred considerable controversy over a Bronze Age Blue Monkey fresco from Akrotiri, Santorini, regarded as ...

When discussing the ancient world and how it impacts us today, there’s perpetually a massive tunic-clad and public-bathing elephant in the room: the Roman Empire. According to a recent social media ...

A century ago, UChicago scholars argued a controversial idea: Western civilization had its roots in the ancient Middle East—not in Greece or Rome. Today, scholars at the OI and across the University ...

The second World Conference of Classics in Athens, Greece, held on June 9 and 10, has a significance that goes far beyond academia. It is not only a gathering of academics, archaeologists, cultural ...