Lead contamination lead remained fairly low and localized in ancient Greece throughout the Bronze Age, the Classical period ...

Increased volcanic activity in Greece’s famed tourist hotspot of Santorini has prompted the country’s civil protection minister to call a meeting with local and disaster response officials.

Explore the fascinating narrative of forgery and tax evasion in ancient Rome through the discovery of a remarkable Greek papyrus.

A remarkable discovery in the Judean Desert has revealed a scandalous case of tax fraud and forgery dating back nearly 1,900 years. Hidden for centuries, an ancient Greek papyrus has provided ...

The Byzantine Empire maintained an intriguing relationship with ancient China, thus sending ambassadors there.

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 expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

The director of Oppenheimer is preparing to shoot his Ancient Greek epic – with an all-star cast. Read the details at Empire.

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare Roman-era boundary stone at the ancient site of Abel Beth Maacah, in northern Israel, ...

Alexander the Great is one of the most famous generals of the ancient world. By the age of 32 he had conquered a massive empire that stretched from the Balkans to modern-day Pakistan. We know about ...

Ancient lead pollution in the Aegean Sea may have started 5,200 years ago — 1,200 years earlier than previously thought. Researchers analyzed sediment cores from land and sea, linking lead levels to ...

Darius III assembled a massive army, estimated to be between 100,000 and 250,000 strong, compared to Alexander the Great's ...