Think about walking through ruins that have witnessed empires rise and fall, where kings once ruled and civilizations ...

Archaeologists believe that the stylus was carved to resemble a herm, a type of sculpture in ancient Greece that was often ...

A 3,300-year-old mask found in Bahrain reveals new details about the ancient Dilmun civilization’s burial customs.

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today.

Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often described as the West's first scientist, believed the whole Earth was suspended on water. Roman encyclopedist ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...

The ancient Greeks ate a plant based diet and Diane explores these roots and principles. This episode is inspired by Pythagoras, the ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician. Diane, takes a deep ...

Archaeologists excavating the ancient Greek city of Phanagoria on Russia's Taman Peninsula have uncovered the first concrete evidence of classical theater in the Black Sea colony. The discovery—a ...

First settled in the early Bronze Age, the ruins of Daskyleion were first discovered in 1952 by archaeologists Kurt Bittel and Ekrem Akurgal. The first archaeological dig at the site was undertaken ...

A German woman who stole the top of an ancient column in Olympia over half a century ago has returned it to Greece, the Greek culture ministry said Saturday. The capital of the column, made of ...