Theophrastus, was an ancient Greek philosopher who succeeded Aristotle and became the father of botany. What was his ...

A common whiff in the Roman city would have come from the animals and the waste they created. Roman bakeries frequently used ...

The remains of extinct Homo erectus dredged from the seabed off Java, along with thousands of animal fossils, are revealing a long-lost ecosystem.

A recent excavation at Greece's Floga archaeological site revealed ancient artifacts, including marble sculptures and pottery, demonstrating the site's use as a Classical period workshop.

The lecture hall of an "impressive high school" from an ancient Greek settlement was recently uncovered in Italy – with the discovery highlighting the similarities between ancient and modern ...

Aerial view of the excavated theater in Lefkada. Photo: Ministry of Culture, Greece. Ancient Lefkada was settled sometime before the 7th century B.C.E. by seafaring Corinthians.

Ancient Greece laid the foundations of Western art. Traveling from its sun-splashed isles to the rugged mainland to bustling Athens, we trace the rise of Greek culture.

In ancient Greece and Rome, statues not only looked beautiful—they smelled good, too. That’s the conclusion of a new study published this month in the Oxford Journal of Archaeology.

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 (initially settled by ...

Archaeologists Reveal Ancient Greek Monument With Gold Artifacts Published Dec 11, 2024 at 3:35 PM EST Updated Dec 11, 2024 at 10:00 PM EST By Aristos Georgiou ...

The ancient Greek city of Antioch in Syria, also known as Antioch on the Orontes River, was the third-largest city in the Roman Empire. The only two Roman Empire cities larger than Antioch were ...