The ancient roots of the word "Christmas" (and why we use it today)

Yuletide, on the other hand, dates back to the ancient roots of our language. Tide in this context just means "time," while ...
Greek Reporter

The Longest Greek Word Is Actually an Ancient Recipe

At first glance, it looks like someone enjoyed taking the spaces out of a sentence; in reality, it's a single word by ...
PBS

The Ancient Origins of Body Words

Join us as we try to figure out how our body parts got their names. Body parts would probably have been one of the first things that ancient peoples gave names to, so not only do we find hundreds of ...
Hyperallergic

The Clandestine Cultural Knowledge of Ancient Graffiti

Remains of a pylon and the Temple of Dendûr in Dandūr, Egypt (photo by Maison Bonfils, late 19th century, courtesy and via the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs division) Saqqara is an ...
The Conversation

Ancient Egyptians measured the first hour, and changed how we related to time

Robert Cockcroft received funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Sarah Symons' research related to this article was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities ...
Science Friday

The Origin Of The Word ‘Humor’

Science Diction is a bite-sized podcast about words—and the science stories behind them. Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts, and sign up for our newsletter. Things aren’t off to a great start ...