The Ancient Greek Dark Ages came after the powerful Mycenaean Era. But what actually were the Greek Dark Ages, and how did they end?

claiming that the cosmos around us was a universe of perfect geometric shapes. This set the stage for a mathematical understanding of the stars, that would, later on in human history, change the way ...

The team headed to Harvard University’s Peabody Museum in Cambridge, where they were granted permission to collect the yeast and bacteria that was hibernating in the pores of the museum’s ancient ...

The findings revealed that certain artifacts were deliberately engraved with geometric patterns, signaling the presence of abstract thinking and symbolic behavior. In contrast, other artifacts with ...

The findings revealed that certain artifacts were deliberately engraved with geometric patterns, signaling the presence of abstract thinking and symbolic behavior. In contrast, other artifacts ...

Little of the text has been deciphered so far. One of the few words that has been made out is the ancient Greek for "disgust". Peter Toth, a curator at the Bodleian Library, said: "We need better ...

The toxic metal later condensed as dust and settled onto the soil. Listen to Story Levels of lead contamination remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece Researchers detected “a very strong ...

Schools on four Greek islands—Santorini, Amorgos, Anafi, and Ios—will remain closed until February 14 due to ongoing seismic activity. Since February 1, over 800 tremors have been recorded, with 11 ...

This is the Rosetta Stone. It is made from granite and it has three sets of inscriptions carved into it: Demotic, Hieroglyphs and ancient Greek. The broken top and bottom edges suggest it was part ...

Suitors in the 18th and 19th centuries often carved love tokens out of whatever material was at hand. According to the ...

Included in the finds were ancient stone hand axes that date back to as far as 1.5 million years ago. The ancient lake that has long been home to all of these hand axes offers a peak into the ...