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 ...

The difference in ancient paradises reveals a shared human desire for a perfect afterlife, though the details vary ...

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 ...