After a decade-long excavation following the theatre's first discovery more than 100 years ago, experts describe its ...

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 ...

Per Omnia, the building would have fit several hundred people. Many ancient Greek cities had a bouleuterion, which hosted civic ceremonies and sometimes cultural performances. Teos’ bouleuterion ...

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 ...

Over the last several years, underwater archaeologists have been diving into the sparkling blue waters off the coast of Tolo, Greece, to investigate a historical mystery beneath the waves. There, ...

Under the direction of Greek archaeologist Dr. Panagiota Galiatsatou and Swedish specialists Prof. Ann-Louise Schallin and Dr. Niklas Eriksson, the team has conducted a meticulous study of the seabed ...