Greek fire was a mysterious weapon that helped the mighty Byzantine Empire survive and ensure its vast sovereignty for ...

Archaeologists have finally dated a Roman-era weapon found in 1985, determining that it's the oldest such artifact ever found ...

Long before it became a medal-deciding Olympic discipline or a point of national pride, the javelin was a test of survival ...

Learn about the 430,000-year-old stone tools and techniques that allowed ancient humans to butcher elephant meat for a hefty ...

Off the coast of a Greek island sits the Antikythera shipwreck, a 2,000-year-old wreck with a story that inspired an Indiana Jones movie. From its beginnings as an accidental discovery to the recent ...

Amazons fight Greeks on a terra-cotta lekythos (oil flask) from the fifth century B.C. Amazon battle scenes, known as Amazonomachy, were popular in ancient Greek art. Metropolitan Museum, New York ...

The National Archaeological Museum is set to host the largest bronze vessel discovered in Greece, the “Krater of the Lord ...