Ancient Greek laws against tyrants permitted the killing of authoritarians who attacked democracy. Still, popular sovereignty ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare gold artifact inscribed with ancient Greek text dedicated to Jupiter at a Roman fortress ...

The Gandhara art persisted until the 7th century and had some influence on the Buddhist sculptures seen in China and other ...

Experts have discovered that the ancient tunic of the King of Macedon belonged to someone else, as his final resting place ...

Christos Tsirogiannis has made repatriating stolen antiquities his life’s work, he tells BIRN – but it’s often been a ...

Archaeologists in Greece have uncovered a monumental temple complex at Kleidi-Samikon in the Peloponnese, believed to be dedicated to Poseidon. Measuring 28 by 9.5 meters, the temple’s unique design ...

From the heart of Mesopotamia to the heights of the Roman Empire, ancient civilizations have left an indelible mark on the ...

A farmhouse in Çorum, Turkey has yielded an unexpected discovery: a Byzantine-era inscription commemorating a young man named ...

In this video, I show you how to create a replica of an ancient curse tablet, exploring the history and purpose behind these fascinating artifacts. From the invocation to underworld deities to the use ...

A recent preliminary study by Ph.D. student Leonie Hoff of the University of Oxford, published in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology, provides insight into how ancient fingerprints left on terracotta ...

It sounds absurd even to ask if all languages are alike, or even somewhat alike, as anyone studying a foreign language for ...

A group of Turkish and Spanish scientists has revealed the results of an archaeological study in western Turkey that challenges the accepted historical dates of an aqueduct near the ancient city of ...