In a landmark project, scientists use AI and X-rays to uncover texts of ancient Herculaneum scrolls buried by the eruption of ...

In antiquity and now, inconsistency and illogicality lie at the heart of the human effort to imagine what happens when we’re ...

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

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

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side ...

These powerful quotes from historical fiction books prove that the past is never truly gone—and that its lessons still shape ...

Remains of what may be the ancient capital city of the Kingdom of Lyncestis have been found in North Macedonia.

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

Nestled in the heart of Footscray in Melbourne's inner-west sits a trove of African art, literature and history. Its founder ...

This year is not only the 1,700th anniversary of the first ecumenical council of the church, but also one of the years when ...

While Athens and Sparta dominate the history book, there are lesser-known ancient Greek city-states that contributed to Greek ...

In the ancient city of Alexandria, Egypt, a great library burned. It was said by some to have held upwards of half a million ...