Greek Reporter

Why Did Ancient Greek Men Preferred Beards?

For the Ancient Greeks, beards signaled age, status, and virtue, turning these into symbols of masculinity, honor, and social control.
Greek Reporter

What Was the Average Height of Ancient Greeks?

Historians have long debated the height of Ancient Greeks, imagining either towering heroes or smaller-than-modern people.
National Geographic news

These tarantulas may have evolved huge genitalia to fend off bloodthirsty females

When scientists discover a new species, they usually name it after the creature’s most notable characteristic. So why did a group of scientists recently name a newly discovered genus of tarantulas ...
Live Science

Ancient rock art along US-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years — and it depicts Indigenous views of the universe

Rock art from along the U.S.-Mexico border persisted for more than 4,000 years. (Image credit: Steelman et al., Sci. Adv. 11, eadx7205) For more than 4,000 years, Indigenous Americans painted rock art ...
Daily Sabah

Ancient columns in Türkiye’s Kyzikos shed light on Roman art

Columns unearthed during ongoing excavations at the Hadrian Temple in the ancient city of Kyzikos, located in the Erdek district of Balıkesir, western Türkiye, are providing new insights into ...
The Art Newspaper

In southern Italy, a long-planned excavation is revealing the secrets of an ancient Greek sanctuary

This summer, the Italian archaeologist Tiziana D’Angelo had a lot on her plate. As the director of the Parchi archeologici di Paestum e Velia, the dual archaeological sites that lie south of Italy’s ...