Minoan Greece had fast food 3,600 years ago, with food stalls serving dishes like souvlaki, a beloved Greek staple still popular today.

For centuries, the glorious works of Herodotus, the ancient Greek historian often dubbed the 'Father of History,' have ...

Archaeological treasures across Gaza have been damaged and destroyed in the war that is once more raging in the Palestinian ...

Much like similar derogatory titles “siren” and “fury”, the term “harpy” is derived from a group of monstrous female figures ...

The humble fish, or ichthys (ἰχθύς) in Greek, was a symbol that played a crucial role in the early years of Christian history ...

Australian scientists have discovered an ancient freshwater fish fossil with its stomach contents remarkably preserved. In a ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. The head of a griffin, that was repatriated from New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art, is displayed at ...

has been returned to the Archaeological Museum of Olympia ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece -- New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art has returned an ancient bronze griffin head stolen nearly a century ago ...

That’s a big catch! North Carolina fisherman caught a massive great white shark that drifted ashore in an unincorporated community on Hatteras Island – approximately 30 miles east of the mainland.

Doctors in ancient Greece and Rome knew this too—in fact ... Some of their ideas—such as eating fish and vegetables as a healthy way to lose weight—make sense today. But others may raise ...

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.

Ancient city The ruins of Megiddo are now in a national park about 18 miles (30 kilometers) southeast of Haifa. Megiddo was a strategically important city at a crossroads on trade and military ...