The remains of Alexander the Great may lie under the streets of Alexandria, they may have been "eaten by a shark," or they ...

In 1995, a car bomb rocked the capital of then newly-independent Macedonia. The target – the first democratically elected ...

The myth of Atlantis has fascinated people around the world ever since Plato first wrote about this sunken city in 365 B.C.E.

Take a detour away from Greece's touristic spots in a region where the Greeks themselves choose to spend their holiday.

Nectanebo II never did use this sarcophagus, and tradition had long associated it with Alexander the Great. Chugg suggests ...

The ancient universities of India were intellectual powerhouses that attracted scholars from distant lands interested in studying mathematics and astronomy as well as philosophy and medicine.

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ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece’s conservative government on Wednesday nominated Parliament Speaker Constantine Tassoulas, a leading advocate for the return of disputed Parthenon sculptures from ...

These gold staters were a crucial element of the ancient Greek economy during Macedonia’s peak ... Corinth was a major hub of commerce and cultural exchange. The treasure’s location here suggests its ...

A “ serrated blade” found sticking from a rock in the United Kingdom has been identified as a “nearly perfect” prehistoric shark tooth, experts say. It belonged to a Squalicorax falcatus ...

In a new study, researchers used lasers to uncover highly intricate designs of ancient tattoos on mummies from Peru.

A decade after jihadists ransacked Iraq's famed Nimrud site, archaeologists have been painstakingly putting together its ancient treasures, shattered into tens of thousands of tiny fragments.