Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, the classical scholar Reginald Walter Macan (1848–1941) published in 1908 this two-volume edition (in three parts) of the last books of Herodotus, ...

This theory originated largely from the accounts of the Greek historian Herodotus, who observed that Armenians were armed in Phrygian fashion when serving in the Persian army. Linguists further ...

Fellow and Master of University College, Oxford, the classical scholar Reginald Walter Macan (1848–1941) published in 1908 this two-volume edition (in three parts) of the last books of Herodotus, ...

What is the origin of the ancient Etruscans, and what do we know to date from archaeological and genetic research?

Herodotus, the Greek historian who wrote in the 5th century B.C., 500 years before Christ, is the earliest known chronicler and historian of the Egyptian Pyramid Age. By his accounts, the labor ...

Herodotus claims their Persian opponents numbered 1.7 million, which is undoubtedly one of his wilder exaggerations: in reality they probably numbered about the same size. The battle itself was ...

And how do these claims compare with modern discoveries? Where did the ancient Greeks think their alphabet came from? The earliest known record of the origin of the Greek alphabet is from Herodotus.

Herodotus, the father of history, chronicled the cultures and customs of the ancient world. Including one of the giant gold-digging ants of India! Making us wonder... is this history, Myth or BOTH? #E ...

In this episode of the LRB podcast, Neal Ascherson talks to Thomas Jones about his recent piece on the journalist Claud Cockburn and about his own life and career, from his time as propaganda ...