In 1799, during his explorations along the Orinoco River, German naturalist Alexander von Humboldt “stayed with a local ...

British archaeologist Sir Arthur Evans purchased some ancient stones with mysterious inscriptions on them at a flea market in ...

Kings and Generals historical animated documentary series on the history of the Romans and the Eastern Roman Empire continues with a video in which we ask if the Byzantine Empire was the heir to the ...

When I tell people that my major is German studies, I often get the follow-up question, “Are you German?” No, I am not German. I took Spanish and German ...

Fast-forward to the 21st century, and thanks to the wonders of genetic research, we’re now closer than ever to pinpointing ...

Sacramento State’s University Union Gallery is hosting the ‘16 Black Classicists’ gallery from Jan. 23 to Feb. 13. The gallery showcases the rich history of Black scholars in Greek and Roman ...

Since humans discovered the power and capability that comes with numbers, we have lived in societies that enable us to … ...

Harvard researchers traced the origins of the vast Indo-European language family to the Caucasus-Lower Volga region, identifying the ancestral population that gave rise to more than 400 languages, in ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be ...

Authoring a book or editing a volume are among the most consequential professional achievements in an academic's life. In ...