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 ...

Archaeologists have traced the earliest case of lead pollution by humans to the Aegean Sea region around 5,200 years ago. The findings, published in the journal Communications Earth & Environment, ...

The scroll, found in the Judean desert, has been painstakingly translated to reveal a record of a Roman court case.

The Battle of Salamis was one of the decisive battles of world history, in which the small city-states of ancient Greece ...

Spread across Türkiye from the Bosporus and Aegean coast to eastern Anatolia are incredible under-the-radar museums that often get overlooked by travelers.

In the Biblical site of Abel Beth Maacah in northern Israel, archaeologists have discovered ancient Roman tablets revealing ...

Hadrian was a well-educated and cultured leader with a deep love for Greek culture, earning him the nickname “Graeculus” or ...

Irene of Athens was the first Greek-Roman empress to wield power as a sole ruler of the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire.

Unearthed in Upper Galilee, 3rd century CE artifact might prove rumored tensions between Emperor Diocletian and local ...

Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a 1,7200-year-old artifact found in a city where Jesus spent most of his life.