Kings and Generals animated historical documentary series on the Ancient Civilizations continues with an episode on ancient ...

The name Iphigenia has been synonymous with ancient Greek tragedy and mythology, as well as the concept of sacrifice, for millennia.

The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one's body fit were vital ...

Athens was the place to go in ancient Greece for culture. Every four years, Athens held the Panathenaic Games. Thousands of people paraded through the city to worship the god Athena. There were ...

The world of archaeology and art is often filled with thrilling discoveries, but few match the sheer surprise and sere ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered ... B.C., it reveals the central importance of the feast to classical Greek culture. Like Xenophon’s earlier work, Plato’s is also set at the ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found on the Greek island of Milos and displayed at the Louvre since 1821, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. Yet relatively little is ...

Ancient Greeks held festivals ... and all artifacts photographed with permission of Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Sports.

The discovery of ancient artifacts ... The Ministry of Culture has completed a preliminary examination of the statue and concluded that it falls under Greek laws protecting antiquities, the ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...