A new study reveals that the Carthaginians, famed for their Mediterranean empire and wars with Rome, had little genetic ...

In Ancient Greece, professional curse writers were employed to hex the living and the dead from beyond the grave.

Greek police have arrested six people on the island of Crete in connection with an antiquities smuggling ring that was ...

Cancer is a homebody, sincerely desiring to build safe havens for their loved ones. They have a heart of gold, full of sympathy, compassion, and love. Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, brings warmth ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

There has been a long debate about wine-drinking in Troy, but new research shows how common the alcoholic drink was.

Reading like the lyrics to a popular song or poem from modern times, ancient Greek poems have prompted new insights into ...

The individuals from Crete trafficked 15 ancient oil lamps, 17 figurines or fragments, several ceramic vessels, and a marble ...

Authorities on the Greek island of Crete have arrested six people allegedly involved in an antiquities smuggling operation.

Six individuals were arrested on Crete for allegedly running an antiquities smuggling ring. The group attempted to sell a ...

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