The Spartans
When a boy was born, he was washed with wine in the belief that this would make him strong. Every infant was then examined by...
When a boy was born, he was washed with wine in the belief that this would make him strong. Every infant was then examined by...
This is a threat.
Smithsonian’s archaeologist Ella Beaudoin and paleoanthropologist Briana Pobiner reveal some of the year’s best findings in human origins studies
The Dark Queen, statue probably depicting the Ptolemaic queen Cleopatra III (ruled 142–101 BC). Discovered in the lost, sunken city of Thonis-Heracleion