The mega structures of the ancient world are famously awe-inspiring. They showcase the ingenuity, ambition and resourcefulness of early civilizations. Ancient civilizations built architectural and ...

Intricate linen masks were central to theater performances in ancient Greece. Credit: Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0 One of the most enduring art forms from ancient Greece is that of theater. Greek ...

Why Trust Us? Archeologists uncovered a heroon—a funerary monument to an Ancient Greek hero—near the modern Greek city of Aigio in the Peloponnese. Located in the ancient city of Rypes ...

Researchers from Khalifa University, United Arab Emirates, working with regional and international collaborators, have ...

An archaeological excavation in Greece has revealed the remains of an ancient monumental building replete with marble lion sculptures and intriguing gold artifacts, among other finds. The dig ...

The ruins of an ancient Greek monument — filled with gold and marble treasures — were recently discovered in Greece, officials said. Photo from the Greek Ministry of Culture The ruins of a mul ...

In ancient Greece, wealthy men often gathered for decadent banquets called symposia. Not only an occasion for thinking and philosophizing, the symposium was also a place for enjoying women ...

The British colonisers who travelled to India from the 18th century onwards were steeped in the Classics; they knew their Greek and Latin (if not the languages of India) and quoted liberally from ...

This iconic establishment, once the last of its kind, has become a symbol of Sydney’s urban history and Greek migrant influence. The Viking Saturn, carrying 930 passengers, arrived at Piraeus port on ...

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With more than 200 inhabited islands in Greece, each with its own attractions ... famous writers like Homer and Shakespeare, as well as ancient Venetian, French and British armies that fought ...

And among Yavan’s sons were Elisha, a cognate of Ellas or Hellas, the ancient name of Greece; and Tarshish, which name morphed into Tarsus, which in ancient times was a Greek province (today in ...