Ancient Tel Shiqmona site yields first evidence of large-scale purple dye production centuries before Roman times, possibly ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The mission aims to estampage 15 newly discovered Satavahana-era inscriptions, palaeo-graphically dated between the 1st century BCE and 1st century CE. Estampage is a method used to create copies ...

A sleepy peninsula west of Athens, the Peloponnese offers uniquely Greek experiences ranging from visits to olive farms, boat ...

The Phoenician culture emerged in the Bronze Age city-states of the Levant, developing prominent innovations such as the ...

There are very few remains of ancient ships, except in one unusual place: the Black Sea has a unique environment that ...

Pottery excavated at Megiddo in northern Israel suggests a military presence, possibly confirms the battle between King ...

The ancient theater at Tlos in Asia Minor is almost fully restored to its former glory and expected to host performances ...

A fragment from a set of verses used to consult the Greek oracles on matters of freedom and slavery, around the 1st century BCE. (Courtesy Divination, Oracles & Omens) “For many centuries ...

Ancient Greek physician Hippocrates was first to use the word hysteria, from the Greek hysteron (uterus), for an ailment that ...

The 3,300-year-old monument has sat in the French capital's center for almost 200 years, but no one else noticed these ...

The style of the lettering suggests that the inscription was engraved in the late first century BCE when Agrigento was firmly ...