I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

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

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 ...

Curses played a deeply ingrained role in ancient Greek religious and social life. Whether used in personal conflicts, legal battles or tragic myths, they represented a tangible means of appealing to ...

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 ...

Life in ancient Greece revolved around city-states ... Theater thrived, with tragedies and comedies performed in large amphitheaters. Renowned playwrights such as Sophocles, Euripides, and ...

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 ...