Two years after the country’s deadliest rail disaster, many are still demanding greater safety and accountability.

Ancient Greek Tyrant Agathocles of Syracuse led a daring invasion of Africa, shaping Sicily’s history and influencing ...

as we look if the Ancient Greeks were racist, showing what is in the primary sources. In this video, we explore Ancient Racism in Greece, diving into how ancient societies viewed ethnicity and race.

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

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 ...

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A series of earthquakes near the Greek island of Santorini have led authorities to shut down schools, dispatch rescue teams with sniffer dogs and send instructions to residents including a request ...

Archeologists have searched for the ancient Trojan city of Tenea since 1984. They believe they have just now uncovered it. Before this excavation, the only knowledge that historians and experts had ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. A woman poses for a photo in front Caryatid statues that prop up the porch of the 5th century B.C ...

Ores, rocks with desirable minerals inside, containing lead were mined by ancient Greeks and Romans. When these ores were smelted they released toxic vapour into the atmosphere. This vapour ...

In ancient Greek history, there were good tyrants who played pivotal ... Polycrates built a powerful navy, which allowed Samos to dominate trade and military affairs in the region. At the same time, ...