On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

One of the fundamental beliefs of the Ancient Greeks was that their beloved gods were immortal, but were they? How did they die?

The showdown between the ancient Greek city states and the Achaemenid Empire of Persia was one of the pivotal moments of ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

Spiders, parchment, bone and complex math were among the methods ancient cultures used. What drives this need? Who are the soothsayers in our midst today?

It distinguishes ancient ethnic prejudices from modern racism, analyzes the views of thinkers like Aristotle and Herodotus, and reveals how laws, stereotypes, and cultural exchanges shaped Greek ...

Archaeologists have discovered the "oldest" auditorium from the ancient Greek world in Sicily. The international team, led by ...

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

The Seven Wonders of the World are often seen as the pinnacle of human architecture and the perfect form of engineering, that ...

Thousands of years ago, Greco-Roman statues offered viewers a multi-dimensional experience that also called to our olfactory senses.