Throughout history, animals have played vital roles ... discover these fascinating creatures that lived with and influenced the ancient world. Cats were worshipped in ancient Egypt, often linked ...

Credit: Christos Simatos/Greek Ministry of Cuture/National Hellenic Research Foundation The imposing, ancient wall painting that has been ... will be presented during a scientific summit on April 5, ...

Ancient Greek depiction of boxing on a Panathenaic amphora in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Credit: Marie-Lan Nguyen /Wikimedia Commons/CC BY 2.5 Boxing, or Πυγμαχία ... whose names have gone down ...

At the dawn of the Common Era, the Egyptian city of Alexandria boasted the greatest library of the ancient ... history and his own youthful indulgences. Looking out he could see a hospital, and ...

Off the ship, Greece is wrapped in tons of ancient history to spark your family's imagination. For example, in Athens, you might choose to take a guided tour of the Acropolis, followed by a "day in ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures from ancient Greek and Roman mythology. In Greek and Roman ...

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...