"I've seen a lot of strange insects, but this has to be one of the most peculiar-looking ones I've seen in a while," said one ...

In the mythology of ancient Greece and Rome, the harpies were a group of animal-human hybrid monsters like the sirens and the ...

As people across the globe celebrate World Poetry Day on March 21, we delve into the world of poetry in ancient Greece, from ...

But, in reality, ancient Greeks and Romans embraced bold colors, which archaeologists call “polychromy.” Brightly hued paints ...

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 ...

Jones taught himself Sanskrit to interpret local laws and suggested that the ancient Indian language had a common ancestor with Latin, Greek and Old Iranian. DNA evidence shows that the proto ...

For centuries, historians and linguists have been searching for the cradle of the Indo-Europeans, an ancient people who shaped history and created the world’s largest language family ...

Nir Eisikovits, professor of philosophy and director of the Applied Ethics Center at UMass Boston, is the author of “Glory, Humiliation and the Drive to War.” Sixteen years into the ...

Over a million years ago, ancient human ancestors sat down to shave flakes off bones, producing a tool with a carefully created sharp edge. According to Jackson Njau, an archaeologist at ...

The ancient city of Teos sits on the western coast ... One that stood out depicted two fighting cupids, figures of Eros, the Greek god of love, whose imagery is related to Dionysos, the Greek ...

Teos was an ancient Greek city on the coast of Ionia, known for its flourishing seaport and notable historical figures like the poet Anacreon and philosopher Protagoras. Today, its ruins are near the ...