Even the food was better than my already sky-high expectations: I had the best salt-cooked fish of my life at Estiatorio Milos (and got some artisanal sea salt to take home with me). On a recent trip ...

The vibrant period of Ancient Greek civilization from 1200 BCE to 323 BCE gave us exceptional achievements that we continue to benefit from today. It was a long stretch of time that spanned from ...

A groundbreaking study using advanced radar technology has revealed a vast and intricate underground structure beneath the Pyramids of Giza. Scientists Corrado Malanga from the University of Pisa and ...

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.

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...

The temple of Hephaestus, as seen from the Ancient Agora, Athens ... often accompanied by religious offerings. Greek clothing was simple yet elegant. Men wore chitons, short tunics belted at the waist ...

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 ...

The Library of Celsus in Ephesus, is one of the major Ionian League city-states of Ancient Greece. Credit: Benh Lieu Song CC BY-SA- 3.0 Greece’s Ionian League, also known as the Ionian Dodecapolis, ...

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 ...

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 first genomic study of ancient people from the eastern Maghreb region — present-day Tunisia and northeastern Algeria — shows that Stone Age populations who lived there more than 8,000 ...