The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Phryne was a notable ancient Greek hetaira, or courtesan, of Athens, who is remembered throughout the millennia for her ...

The lecture hall was discovered during excavations at Agrigento, the site of the largest ancient Greek settlement in Sicily ... one that mentions the name of the head of the gymnasium, and ...

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...

Visitors to the site of Pompeii, the ancient Roman town buried (and so preserved ... tells a story about female fertility and birth. He, meanwhile, is dressed in the quintessentially Roman toga ...

He was a Greek mathematician and the head librarian at the Library ... a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in the angle of the sun’s rays at ...

On top of that, management contracts are in the bag for a pair of bulkers from another, unidentified, Greek owner and additional ... below the advert The name Navilands gives a clue as to where ...

[Photo courtesy of Beijing Changjiang Culture] A new immersive stage production, "Yin Feng Qi," aims to transport audiences to ancient China through the life of celebrated female poet Xie Daoyun ...

An ancient wasp may have zipped among the dinosaurs ... Scientists uncovered over a dozen female wasps preserved in 99-million-year-old amber from the Kachin region in northern Myanmar.

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