Who built Egypt’s Great Pyramid of Giza? The mystery has haunted scientists for years. Now, ancient inscriptions discovered inside the monument have answered the great question about the mammoth ...

Ancient Rome was a rigidly hierarchical society where the ruling elite stigmatized everyone who had to work with their hands. Yet Roman workers still found ways to resist exploitation through strikes ...

In this episode of Kings and Generals’ Ancient Civilizations series, we explore primary sources to understand how Greeks ...

This plaster cast is as close as we can get to Powers' "original" Greek Slave. It was made in the artist's studio directly from Powers' clay model and records the date "March 12, 1843," when the ...

Greek Slave became the most famous sculpture of the nineteenth century and propelled the artist, Hiram Powers (1805-73), to international stardom. The work was so provocatively lifelike that certain ...

In 1824, the island of Psara faced a brutal invasion by Ottoman forces. The islanders, known as Psariots, mounted a fierce ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

The secrets of Greek demography A Greek newspaper editor, Nikos Konstandaras, said in the midst of the country’s debt crisis, in 2013, that: “The Greeks ...

What does it mean to study slavery? To study something means to make arguments based on evidence. But what counts as evidence, and who has the authority to make those determinations?

Jimmy Page & The Black Crowes: Live at the Greek: 1. Celebration Day 2. Custard Pie 3. Sick Again 4. No Speak No Slave 5. Hard to Handle 6. The Wanton Song 7. Misty Mountain Hop 8. Hots On For ...

“The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture” will be on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum through Sept. 14.