In the late 18th and early 19th century, Westerners were involved in extensive looting of Greek antiquities as the nation was ...

Ancient Greece gave us many things, from mythology to democracy by way of the Olympics, but if I recall my (very) old primary-school project correctly, one thing Archimedes and pals never got ...

The structure is tied to when the Ptolemies and Seleucids ruled Israel, according to a joint press release. ANCIENT SKETCHES FROM 200,000 YEARS AGO FOUND INSIDE CAVE "What we have here is one of the ...

Founded by Alexander the Great's father King Philip II in 356 B.C.E., the historic city of Philippi has become one of the ...

Italian archaeologists recently unearthed ancient Roman tombs during the excavation ... to unearth "grave goods" at the site, consisting of coins, lamps and small vases. The discoveries then ...

Schliemann's haul from Troy, on view at the Neues Museum in Berlin Public domain via Wikimedia Commons But whether the ancient residents of Troy truly sipped wine out of these goblets has long ...

The tomb was found within an ancient Egyptian necropolis in Abydos ... The ostraca were written in Greek and Demotic, an Egyptian script. Between the seventh and 14th centuries A.D., the workshop ...

The Temple of Hephaestus, dedicated to the god of metalworking and craftsmanship, is located in Athens, Greece. The temple was designed by Ictinus, one of the Parthenon’s architects. The Temple of ...

Few things in history combine human creativity, economy, and culture like ancient coins. Now, toss in a healthy dose of ...

John Lennon is the next music artist to form part of The Royal Mint's ongoing Music Legends coin series Beatles star John Lennon has been immortalised on a new coin to coincide with the year he ...

With more than 200 inhabited islands in Greece, each with its own attractions ... famous writers like Homer and Shakespeare, as well as ancient Venetian, French and British armies that fought ...

Although experts have analyzed the carving, it's possible that its origins could rest in the ancient Bronze Age or even Turkish cultures dated to the medieval period. The land known today as ...