A new study suggests that an ivory shoulder in ancient Greek mythology may represent the earliest prosthetic shoulder ...
Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered the grave of an ousted noblewoman whom they are calling "The Lady with the Inverted ...
Herodotus’ Histories reveal shocking funeral customs, from Greek cremations to an Indian tribe that ate their parents.
In ancient Athens, the agora was a public forum where citizens could gather to deliberate, disagree and decide together. It ...
Rocks have been found to hold many traces of Earth's ancient history, but usually geologists have to seek them out. Every ...
In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s ...
In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...
In 1900, a team of sponge divers off the Greek island of Antikythera surfaced with more than they bargained for. Among the bronze statues and amphorae they salvaged from a Roman-era shipwreck lay a ...
Standing before the Parthenon at sunrise, you realize no photo or history class could prepare you for this moment.