Search and highlight ancient locations in any text, in any language. Access translated ancient texts linked directly to the map. Unlike similar tools, PERIPLUS provides full context by showing nearby ...

Few names of ancient Greece shine as much as those of Aristotle. This ancient Greek philosopher, a student of Plato and tutor of Alexander the Great, left a timeless, profound, and indelible mark on ...

Under extreme metabolic conditions, like a marathon, the brain may turn to cellular fat stores to maintain function, ...

Apr. 2, 2025 — An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when the largest desert in the world temporarily turned into a humid ...

The ancient Olympics, first recorded in 776 B.C. at Olympia during a festival honoring Zeus, had thrived for over a millennium, expanding from foot races to include wrestling, chariot racing, and the ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

“DNA extracted from two pastoralist women who were buried at the rock shelter around 7,000 years ago reveals that most of their ancestry can be traced to a previously unknown ancient North ...

Runners can choose between a full marathon, a half marathon, or a shorter 10-kilometre route, all weaving through Palma’s sun ...

Emerald’s lush green has soothed souls and excited imaginations since antiquity. Its name comes from the ancient Greek word for green, “smaragdus.” Rome’s Pliny the Elder described emerald in his ...