Among the recovered items were 15 ancient oil lamps, 17 figurines or fragments, several ceramic vessels, and a marble ...

The inhabitants of Carthage were long thought to have derived from Levantine Phoenicians. But an eight-year study suggests ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re dead ...

The Persian empire pioneered women's rights. Other contemporary cultures made jokes about it and considered Persians unmanly.

The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

All parts of the Greek and later Roman world were built upon exploiting either their conquered foes or those with the simple misfortune of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time. Despite its ...

Claims for the artefacts' return 'vary greatly in legitimacy' due to 'highly disputed' historical and political arguments, a ...

Case of artefacts looted by British soldiers is ‘more complex than a simple matter of right or wrong’, warns Sir Trevor ...

Findings uncovered in the gold mines of Ghozza are shedding a dark light on one of the most powerful ancient civilizations.

The ancient Greeks, a seafaring people par excellence, were well aware of this fact, and founded hundreds of cities along its Aegean, Mediterranean and Black Sea coastlines some 3,000 years ago.

In ancient Greece, education wasn’t limited to the mind — it included the body as well. Physical fitness and scholarly pursuits went hand-in-hand, a principle reflected in the number of gymnasiums ...