It was 35 degrees, and I retreated into the cool ecclesiastical gloom of ancient Roman churches ... plates – with its nautical themes of ship models and black and white yachting pictures.

In the 16th century, the city-republic had one of the world’s largest fleets, with more than 180 ships and 4,000 sailors – exhibits here include model ships from that time, as well as ...

The contrast between New Bern’s manicured historic district and this wild landscape provides perspective on how the natural ...

The history of Insurance goes back to ancient Greece as people employed insurance-like practices, predominantly within ...

Archaeologists in Sicily have uncovered a rare gymnasium complex, featuring a lecture auditorium, in the ancient Greek city ...

A theater that once overlooked ancient Lefkada in Greece is seeing the light of day more than a century after its initial ...

New research is shedding light on the bouleuterion building that once stood in the ancient city of Teos, located in ...

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

The Greek municipality of Tenea boasts a rich ancient history—and the archaeological artifacts to prove it. Finds in the region have long hinted at a once-thriving settlement, with the latest ...

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Jan. 30, 2025 — Studies of sediment cores from the sea floor and the coastal regions surrounding the Aegean Sea show that humans ...

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...

The myth that the statues of ancient Greece and Rome were white was created over time and upheld in part to serve racist ideologies. But, in reality, ancient works of art were colorful and even ...