Acropolis Museum, Nikolaos Stampolidis, Yale University, Stavros Niarchos Foundation, Public Archaeology, Cultural ...

Archaeologists unearthed an ancient Egyptian settlement that was possibly established by military officials from the New Kingdom period.

Few figures in Ancient Greek literature have been as consequential, controversial, and enigmatic as Apollonius of Rhodes.

Archaeologists in Agrigento, Sicily just unearthed an ancient classroom where students listened to lectures more than 2,000 ...

The ancient school complex had a gymnasium with a large swimming pool and 650-foot tracks, archaeologists said.

Ancient Greece has traditionally been periodized into five eras: the Bronze Age, Iron Age, Archaic Age, Classical Age, and ...

One of the most recognized Greek mythology TV shows is “Hercules: The Legendary Journeys.” Are the graphics of the 1995 show goofy and laughable by today’s standards? Sure, but it’s still a vital ...

The discovery sheds some light on a "lost" dynasty of pharaohs who ruled during a little-understood time in ancient Egypt's long history.

Archaeologists have discovered the large limestone burial chamber of an unidentified ancient Egyptian pharaoh near the city of Abydos dating to about 3,600 years ago during a chaotic period in ...

The region’s Hellenistic period—named for pervasive Greek influence—began back in ... Emil Aladjem / Israel Antiquities Authority An ancient button found onsite Robbery Prevention Unit ...

Though mining in ancient Egypt dates back as far as 1500 BCE, the region’s Hellenistic period (332–30 BCE) under the rule of the Macedonian and Greek Ptolemaic dynasty saw a particular ...

An extinct lineage of parasitic wasps dating from the mid-Cretaceous period and preserved in amber ... charybdis—named for the sea monster in Greek mythology which swallowed and disgorged ...