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Sarah Ruden is a leading translator of ancient literature, including the Gospels and the "Aeneid". In an age where attention spans are decreasing and reliance on digital media is becoming increasingly ...

A new study has revealed that mysterious signs carved onto Paleolithic artifacts up to 40,000 years ago match the information density of the world's earliest known writing system — pushing the deep ...

Homer's Epics, Iliad and Odyssey, brought the ideas of Greek civilization to the world, serving as the foundation of Western literature.

New research shows early humans created structured ancient symbol systems 40,000 years ago, long before formal writing appeared.

Our knowledge of ancient literature comes to us through the hands of scribes. The works of Aristotle, Galen and Ptolemy survived only because generations of copyists reproduced them by hand. But ...

Taught by: Senior Instructor Timothy Wutrich, PhD, in the Department of Classics. It was created and initially taught by Martin Helzle, PhD, a former professor and department chair. Other classics ...

This article originally appeared in The Conversation. If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don’t just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus ...

Edith Hamilton and the popularization of the classics. A new biography of Edith Hamilton tells the story of how and why ancient literature became widely read in the United States. The discipline of ...