We can probably safely assume Rome, in many areas, was likely pretty dirty and rank-smelling. That said, there's evidence of ...

Nestled on the coast of the island of Euboea (Evia), the ancient city of Eretria was one of the most influential centers in ...

Learn about the 430,000-year-old stone tools and techniques that allowed ancient humans to butcher elephant meat for a hefty ...

The ancient Greek physician and botanist Dioscorides is considered by many to be the father of pharmacology for authoring De ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...

Here are 10 incredible ancient creatures that should have disappeared but didn’t! 10. Komodo Dragon – A Giant Lizard from the Age of Megafauna Komodo dragon. Image via Depositphotos. Age: 4 million ...

This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.

In the shadow of the magnificent pyramids and alongside powerful deities like Ra and Osiris, a humble amphibian held significant religious importance in Ancient Egypt. Frogs were not merely ...

The first is ΟΔΥCCEOC, the Greek genitive (i.e. possessive or attributive) case of Odysseus which suggests a writer referring to the location as the hero’s palace or temple.