At least eight people - including a child - have drowned after a speedboat carrying migrants capsized in the Aegean Sea during a chase with a Greek patrol vessel. The coastguard said the boat's ...

Researchers have deciphered a mysterious inscription hidden within an ancient amulet ... such inscriptions on amulets were written in Greek or Hebrew," Markus Scholz from Frankfurt's Goethe ...

Archaeologists have discovered an inscribed silver amulet that one theologian now says may rewrite the history of Christianity north of the Alps mountain range. The inscribed amulet was found ...

In ancient Greece, amphorae were commonly used for carrying or storing liquids and grains like wine, oil, or cereal. A narrow neck and a large, oval body were easily moved with handles on each side.

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 ...

These findings also help clarify the timeline and routes of ancient human migrations from Africa. A new analysis of DNA from ancient modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Europe and Asia has determined, ...

Neanderthals and humans likely mixed and mingled during a narrow time frame 45,000 years ago, scientists reported Thursday. Researchers analyzed ancient genes to pinpoint the time period, which is ...

Researchers find 50 cave pearls in Jerusalem’s Joweizeh Spring Tunnel. Pottery fragments and plaster remains embedded in 14 pearls. Artefacts linked to Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods.

Ancient archeological objects are often found in Athens and other parts of Greece during road works or construction projects, revealing the country's rich past.