Is it any wonder ancient people thought lightning came from the gods? Even today a close lightning strike feels like a ...

Hippocratic physicians introduced the first evidence‑based, ethical approach to diagnosing and treating. But their ...

Three leaves had been missing for more than a century. Researchers found one of them when they decided on a whim to check the ...

The Byzantine Empire made remarkable contributions to medicine and science, even thouth they are not widely known.

The ancient world holds secrets that continue to baffle archaeologists, historians, and curious minds today. From cities that ...

A 1,900-year-old Roman glass bottle from Turkey has yielded direct chemical proof of ancient physicians using human feces as ...

A new study from Emory University explains the gut-brain connection, indicating that live bacteria from the gut can directly ...

Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...

We may not know much about how Ancient Greek drama was performed, but we do know that it was fundamentally a musical, and ...

Some of the earliest writings — including those inscribed on papyrus in Egypt and later in ancient Greece and Rome — contain recipes for making medicines. Finding physical proof, however, that ...