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

Amazing ancient discoveries from around the world unearthed in recent years. From Iron Age hoards and rare biblical ...

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

Archaeologists have discovered a 1,500-year-old monastery with a colorful mosaic floor bearing a Bible verse blessing all who ...

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

Israeli archaeologists uncovered a Byzantine-era monastery with a colorful mosaic floor and an unusually sophisticated ...

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute have made breakthrough discoveries about human migration patterns across Europe during the first millennium AD. Using advanced DNA analysis techniques, they ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis ...

New research led by the Francis Crick Institute has revealed waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD. Using a refined method of analyzing ancient DNA ancestry, they ...

According to a new study, these observations may provide new ways to understand the differences between technology use by nonhuman primates and ancient ... the selectivity patterns of stone ...

The image showed a strip of papyrus packed with neat Greek ... statistical patterns in texts for themselves — these technologies promise a fundamentally new way to explore ancient sources.

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 ...