A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians ...

This video explores the history of the Papyrus font, created by Chris Costello, and the cultural backlash it has faced over the years. Highlights include its use in the "Avatar" logo and a debate on ...

The largest libraries of the ancient world weren’t mere book collections. They were centers of power, education, and survival ...

Crops touched by it become barren.” This stigma around menstruation overshadowed the development, use and discussion of ...

The scrolls were discovered in 1752 at the Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum, located about 10 miles (16 kilometers) north of Pompeii. This magnificent villa likely belonged to Lucius Calpurnius Piso ...

Buddhist teaching describes “right effort” as steady, mindful action that nourishes both heart and mind. The worth of work ...

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

As the Vatican Apostolic Library digitizes some of its historic collection, other historic Catholic institutions in Rome are ...

Here you sing these Psalms every day, yet on Good Friday you go out and you beat up your Jewish neighbors,” Roger Wieck, of ...

President Mahama commissions second batch of 11 new ambassadors and high commiss... Bill: “Then teach us, Mr. Heerde.” ...

In Crito and Phaedo, Plato takes this alliance between Socrates and poetry further, attributing to Socrates direct acts of poetic composition in plays, hymns, and fables, conferring on him the title ...