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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· 4 days agoThe defiance comes with risk. Once the Mahsa Amini protests began across the country, they released a Persian < ...
Melding 3 Ancient Versions of the Ultimate Greek Tragedy
New York Times· 4 days agoAt the Salzburg Festival, a new adaptation of “The Oresteia” will put a classic story of war,...
Why Alexander the Great really was better than the average imperialist conqueror
Los Angeles Times· 4 days agoThe final years of Alexander’s life have often been used by historians to impart any number of...
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...
Flying aboard the Ghostrider, a deadly aircraft carrying America’s biggest gun in the sky
CNN via Yahoo Canada News· 6 days agoDesert Storm, according to Air Force news releases. The AC-130 gunship's primary missions are close...
Opinion | Iran’s Gen Z Is Still Waiting for the Revolution
New York Times· 7 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· 2 days 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· 3 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