Ancient Greek temples positioned around the Agora were dedicated to patron gods like Athena for Athens and Zeus for Olympia.

Ramses the Great is credited with expanding Egypt's reach as far as modern Syria to the east and Sudan to the south.

A joint archeological mission revealed the original colors of the Edfu Temple, as well as never-before-seen hieroglyphic ...

Mary McFadden, a fashion designer who drew on ancient themes for modern wear, weaving the colors and motifs of Greek antiquity ... spent her career making what admirers considered wearable art, a line ...

"Wonders of the world" lists barely scratch the surface of all the awe-inspiring destinations on this planet. These places ...

Ancient Greece was a land of stories, and the best of all its storytellers was Homer, who lived around the eighth century BC ...

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently ... 74 B.C. Archaeologists found the coins "hidden in a hole in the wall" while performing restoration work on the Acropolis of Santa ...

A collection of ancient silver coins was unearthed recently ... 74 B.C. Archaeologists found the coins "hidden in a hole in the wall" while performing restoration work on the Acropolis of Santa ...

In that glacial sample from the Himalayas, scientists have now identified more than 1,700 ancient viruses, though they note that these species do not infect humans. Their findings, tracing how the ...

Install this ancient, hand-drawn Map of Ancient World wallpaper. Custom-made and easy to install. Every wallpaper mural we produce is printed on demand to your wall dimensions and is unique to you. We ...

New Netflix series Kaos feels like its creator, Charlie Covell, was given the same instruction for Greek mythology. They decided to see what would happen if Zeus was a tasteless, egotistical ...

In the 18th century, an exceptionally luxurious Roman villa was excavated there, close to the ancient city walls and shoreline. The villa's marvelous wall paintings, mosaics, busts and statues had ...