Long before Pericles' Golden Age, an aristocrat named Cleisthenes laid the true foundation for Athenian democracy.
The luxurious House of Dionysus on Delos offers a vivid portrait of the island’s peak commercial prosperity in antiquity.
NPR's Scott Simon speaks to historian William Dalrymple about his latest book, "The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World." Before the Silk Road, there was India's Golden Road, says ...