IN the Atlantic Monthly for July, 1867, was published a short description of the visit I made to Sybaris, at the head of the Gulf of Tarentum, when I was serving on Garibaldi’s staff. At the close of ...

With regard to Sybaris, then, the old Jacobs’s Greek Reader tells the following stories : “The Sybarites were distinguished for luxury. They did not permit the trades which made a loud noise, such as ...

This article was originally published in 2014. We are resharing it today as a Valentine's Day treat. Enjoy! You've seen the commercials. You've heard the rumors. And you might have even wondered what ...

If you have several million dollars to spend and are in the market for an extravagant superyacht, it’s sometimes hard to tell which is the best. But one panel of judges has done just that and declared ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. The Sybaris Gallery records measure 11 linear feet and date from 1966 to 2010, with the bulk of the records dating from 1986 to 2003. The ...

Did the ancient Greeks have outside toilets? Up-to-date archaeologists interested in esoteric problems heard last week about a handy way of finding answers to such questions—for a latrine’s humus-rich ...