After Alexander the Great conquered Egypt, he embarked on a perilous journey to the Oracle at Siwa to seek answers to his ...

The Mediterranean has a long and storied past, and this newly-discovered port has led to a surprising breakthrough in Ancient Greece.

An ancient bronze griffin head, stolen nearly a century ago, has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia.

Not only were ancient sculptures multi-colored, they were also scented with perfumes, oils, and flower arrangements.

When a vast library of texts amassed by Mesopotamian King Ashurbanipal was burned to the ground about 2700 years ago, the ...

Prologue An Orphic hymn says that Kypris, Aphrodite of Cyprus, was the “scheming mother of necessity.” She controlled and ...

Sacred springs and rivers throughout Ancient Greece were revered as sources of divine power, associated with healing, ...

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 ...

This photo provided by João Zilhão shows forearm bone fragments belonging to an ancient child that appeared to have features from both humans and Neanderthals. (João Zilhão via AP) 33,571 ...

Hooded protesters throw flares against riot police during clashes, on the third and final day of a censure motion debate against the conservative government in parliament over a deadly rail ...

Thousands of demonstrators are rallying across Greece for the third time in a week to protest the government’s handling of a deadly rail disaster that occurred two years ago ATHENS, Greece ...

ATHENS, Greece — Thousands of demonstrators rallied across Greece for the third time in a week Friday to protest the government’s handling of a deadly rail disaster two years ago. The protests ...