As a reddish dawn broke over the tiny, coral-rich Greek archipelago of Fournoi, Manolis Mytikas's wooden fishing boat slowly ...

As he publishes the second book in his acclaimed Nero trilogy, master historical novelist Conn Iggulden on why we are drawn ...

The Olympias, a meticulously reconstructed ancient Athenian trireme, stands as a testament to both historical scholarship ...

The statues were rigid, and often standing up straight with neutral facial expressions—this is a far cry from the soft, airy Greek statues we most associate with the ancient culture. By 500 B.C ...

In ancient Greece, Olympic victors were crowned with olive branches, while Homer referred to the antioxidant-rich juice as “liquid gold” in his epic poems. Today, Greece remains one of the ...

The eyes of ancient Greek sculptures possess a timeless stare bridging our worlds. Credit: Credit: George E. Koronaios, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0 (left), Vicenç Valcárcel Pérez, Wikimedia ...

In a cinematic first, Greek director Yiannis Stravolaimos brings the 490 BCE clash to life in Ancient Greek and Old Persian, fusing myth, history, and cultural diplomacy in a bold retelling of an ...

Juan de Lara By combining archaeology and technology, a researcher has shed light on a longstanding architectural mystery: how the ancient Greeks ... each Greek temple’s visual experience ...

Particularly notable is the identification of a room with a pebbled floor and wall frescoes imitating marble—likely an andron, a formal space for entertaining male guests in ancient Greek ...

Nenikikamen is the first feature film performed solely in Ancient Greek and Old Persian, with a script meticulously translated into these classical dialects. This bold linguistic choice ensures ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...