Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, ...

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

Researchers have hotly debated where Alexander the Great is buried, with theories ranging from his homeland in Macedonia (now Greece) to Egypt. Like the Holy Grail or the Ark of ... The tomb may be ...

Nearly a century ago, Danish archaeologists traveled to the site of the ancient city of Hama, a region that was occupied for close to 8,000 years. Hama, now in modern-day Syria, was first occupied ...

In a glittering event at the Acropolis Museum, the Ministry of Tourism honored Sir Stephen Fry for his invaluable contribution to the promotion of Greek ...

The crescent-shaped island of Santorini is one of Greece’s most popular tourist destinations, drawing visitors from across ...

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

of ancient and pertinent modern models for recovering and interpreting the nature of political thought and action in (a) Classical Greece, with particular reference to Herodotus, Thucydides, Old ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

The statue has been transferred to local antiquities authorities for preservation and further examination by archaeologists. Police have launched an investigation to determine who discarded 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 ...

Over the course of his political career, 25 states have voted ... Perhaps most significantly in shifting the Electoral College map, Trump has tipped Ohio and Florida — the two most fiercely ...