While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

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Tahar Ben Jelloun, the acclaimed Moroccan-French author, has long been a voice against racism and ignorance. His seminal book Le Racisme expliqué à ma fille (Racism Explained to My Daughter) has j ...

The history of Jews in Georgia is a remarkable tale of coexistence, resilience, and cultural fusion, spanning more than 26 centuries ...

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A POWERFUL new play by an Iranian artist reflecting on the oppression of women, non-binary and trans people is coming to Scotland next month. Drawing on her own experiences both in Iran and the UK, ...

Credit: wikimedia commons / Deutsches Museum, Munich, Germany CC BY-SA 3.0 When the ancient Greeks faced the Persian navy in the Battle of Artemisium, they set the tone for the Battle of Salamis that ...

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Archaeologist and art historian Dr. Lucia Cerullo shares her journey from Elamite epigraphy to Persian-period temples in the Southern ... which she sees as essential in fully understanding ancient ...

Since joining Newsweek, Melissa has been especially focused on covering under-reported women's health and social ... Languages: English, Persian. You can get in touch with Melissa by emailing ...

For thousands of years before that, most anthropologists believe, families consisted of loosely organized groups of as many as 30 people, with several male leaders, multiple women shared between ...