Gianni Rodari used puns, topsy-turvyism and zany names to invent stories for children and help children invent their own.

As Los Angeles rebuilds after devastating wildfires, the histories of these three cities offer helpful guidance.

Vālmīki’s epic poem “The Rāmāyaṇa” is a great work of literature and a treasure of Indian culture — but its political and ...

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

On Friday, Kenyon welcomed Urvashi Chakravarty, professor of English at the University of Toronto, for an engaging talk titled “The Misfortune to Breed: Race, Gender, and Heritable Slavery in the ...

Starting out as a Roman statesman and military leader, Augustus used his cunning and political leverage to become the first … ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

SUMMARY Slavery was integral to Roman society, and slaves outnumbered citizens in Rome. There were many routes to slavery, including as prisoners of war, selling oneself into slavery, or being born a ...

One of the most common explanations is that Valentine's Day has its origins in the ancient Roman fertility festival of ...

"This is the best-documented Roman court case from Iudaea apart from the trial of Jesus," said one researcher.

Deep beneath Rome’s Domus Aurea, archaeologists have unearthed a rare ingot of Egyptian blue — the world’s first synthetic ...

A newly translated papyrus found in Israel provides information about criminal cases and slave ownership in the Roman Empire.