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A Bronze Age-style ship just sailed through the Persian Gulf 4,000 years after it was designed
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 1 day agoUsing a supply list from an ancient clay tablet, experts have reconstructed a large Bronze Age ship...
The Young Women Challenging Iran's Regime
Time via Yahoo Canada News· 3 days agoThe defiance comes with risk. Once the Mahsa Amini protests began across the country, they released a Persian < ...
Inside the gunship carrying the biggest weapon in the US Air Force
9news· 7 days agoThe plane crashed into the Persian Gulf while supporting US Marines during a battle in Khafji, Saudi...
Why Alexander the Great really was better than the average imperialist conqueror
Los Angeles Times· 3 days agoThe final years of Alexander’s life have often been used by historians to impart any number of...
Melding 3 Ancient Versions of the Ultimate Greek Tragedy
New York Times· 3 days agoAt the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war,...
Love Island USA Is Better Than the UK ’s, and I’m Not Changing My Mind
Glamour via Yahoo Canada News· 4 days agoBut I still wasn’t sure the USA version had officially replaced UK rendition in my heart until the...
Opinion | Iran’s Gen Z Is Still Waiting for the Revolution
New York Times· 6 days agoAllowing her auburn hair to flow freely in contravention of the Islamic Republic’s mandatory hijab...
Reconstructed Bronze Age boat aces its maiden voyage
CNN.com· 3 days agoEyed needles made of bone, antlers and ivory appear in the fossil record about 40,000 years ago in southern Siberia. Fast-forward to seventh century East...
Nine Things You Didn't Know About the Ancient Olympic Games
Smithsonian Magazine· 1 day agoIn 776 B.C.E., spectators gathered in Olympia, Greece, to watch a simple footrace. Thus began the...
21 Questions About Literature and Life in the 21st Century (So Far)
New York Times· 2 days agoLiterature has always reflected society, and as the Book Review’s survey “100 Best Books of the 21st Century” reveals, many titles on the