When Mary Beard’s broadcasting career took off in her mid-50s, she became one of Great Britain’s best-known and most beloved academics thanks to her candor, knowledge about the ancient world and ...

By Liv Smith, Staff Writer On Tuesday, Oct. 21, the College hosted Dr. Erin Hanses of Penn State University for a lecture ...

New research shows that the rise of Sumer was deeply tied to the tidal and sedimentary dynamics of ancient Mesopotamia. Early ...

Anthropologist Stephen D. Houston has been tapped as the lecturer of the 72nd edition of the A.W. Mellon lecture series. Stephen D. Houston of Brown University will deliver the 72nd A. W. Mellon ...

Builders knew how to keep people cool in hot, dry climates thousands of years ago. It's time to get that knowledge back. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

This post may contain links from our sponsors and affiliates, and Flywheel Publishing may receive compensation for actions taken through them. Roman, Egyptian, and Chinese civilizations had many ...