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Mankind loves a moral panic. Throughout the history of human civilization, all manner of things have been censored and discouraged for fear they would

The ancient Romans and Greeks had a highly liberated attitude toward sex---one that is surprising, even by today's standards. They had gods devoted to it,

Most of us harbour a longing for epic and immortal love, especially in winter. And it's films and TV dramas that can best provide it

Censorship spans civilization's history. Despite bans and burns, forbidden books like Tyndale's New Testament and Dante's Divine Comedy endure, shaping our world.

Nine-man morris, or mill, is a two-person strategy game with ancient origins.

Passersby could wander at will into grand public libraries in imperial Rome. Could they trust what they found inside?

The first known reference we have to Palestine as “a district of Syria, called ‘Palaistin,’” comes from the mid-5th-century. The earliest record of the Israelis is from 1200 BCE.

The Roman poet Ovid lived from 43 BC to 17 or 18 AD, during the reign of Caesar Augustus. His works, along with those of...

The notion that everybody was going to be hairless in Heaven may not have sat well with Italian Renaissance painter Sandro Botticelli.

Mark Prins’ new novel, The Latinist, offers an original variation on the well-worn Jamesian theme of the American girl adrift in European waters alive with crafty seducers.