Who built the Great Pyramid of Giza? Were slaves employed to construct the mammoth, mysterious structure? Scientists have ...

Inscriptions inside the Great Pyramid of Giza have been discovered to reveal new details about how the ancient wonder was ...

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 ...

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.

Soups made from mashed vegetables or lentils were common. Carbonised lentils found in Franchthi Cave in southern Greece date back to 11,000 BCE. Popular across the Mediterranean, lentils were ...