The Greeks pretty much invented the theatre. Thousands of people packed the hillside arena of ancient Athens to watch plays by famous writers like Sophocles, Euripides and Aeschylus. The Greeks ...

A rare and well-preserved Corinthian helmet used by many hoplite warriors in ancient Greece is up for auction later this month in London ...

A rare and well-preserved Corinthian helmet used by many hoplite warriors in ancient Greece is up for auction later this month in London ...

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The Greek key design, also known as the meander, was used prolifically by the Ancient Greeks to adorn pottery, tiles, ...

The Egyptological Collections at the University of Pisa preserve a collection that is fundamental to understanding the economy of ancient Egypt in Roman times: these are the ostraka of oxyrhynchus, ...

Ramesses II ruled Egypt with flair, power and a knack for self-promotion. He was the third ruler of the Nineteenth Dynasty and enjoyed a reign that spanned an astonishing 66 years. It earned not only ...

Archaeologists think the tiles once lined a Byzantine-era monastery. The complex also included a large warehouse and ...

Dr Caroline West writes about the earliest sex toys invented, and what they can tell us about how history remembers women.

The "Dragon Houses" of Euboea, mysterious megalithic structures dating to ancient Greece's Preclassical period, continue to ...

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