Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple have given experts more clues about the ancient metropolis of Eridu.

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

Celts drank Greek wine according to a recent study of ceramic containers which have been excavated from a hillfort site in ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

Latnija cave discoveries show Mesolithic humans crossed 100 km of sea to reach Malta 1,000 years earlier than previously ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

But you need to step beyond the Greek capital to truly appreciate what the country has to offer, a wealth of historic visitor ...

British author J. R. R. Tolkien's tale of the fall of Númenor was inspired by the ancient Greek myth of Atlantis.

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 ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient Lefkada’s theatre was first discovered in 1901, but it took until now ...

He was a Greek mathematician and the head librarian at the Library ... a feat that stands as a testament to the ingenuity of ancient science. Using the differences in the angle of the sun’s rays at ...