The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

Ancient Greeks developed sophisticated units of measurement ranging from measuring length, distance, volume, and weight of ...

When we think of the lost wax process, the images that perhaps come to mind are Ancient Greek bronze sculptures or the works ...

One such ancient story centers on the bronze sentry Talos. Forged by Hephaestus, the Greek god of smiths and artisans, Talos ...

Intellectual life in the modern West traces its origins to the ancient Greeks and Romans. However, by the launch of the First ...

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

A trio of researchers has found evidence of the impact of the Late Antique Little Ice Age on Iceland almost 1,500 years ago.

The domestication of grapevine was a slow process in Italy, taking place over thousands of years, according to a study ...

Excavations on unpromising mounds in the Iraqi desert revealed Sumer’s earliest city. Surviving relics and a rebuilt temple ...

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

This course offers a systematic study of ancient Greek attitudes and practices relating to love and sexuality as reflected in history, literature, art, and philosophy, and against the background of ...

Epic of the Earth: Reading Homer’s Iliad in the Fight for a Dying World by Edith Hall sees the signs of environmental ...