A cemetery near Damascus was transformed into an industrial-scale mass grave for Syrians who opposed President Bashar ...

Similar examples of ancient lion artifacts appear to have been used as door knockers. But the newly discovered discs may have ...

Archaeologists discovered a sealed and untouched Etruscan tomb in the San Giuliano Necropolis near Rome, offering insight ...

The watermelon has long inspired artists, such as Giuseppe Recco's Still Life With Fruit (1634-1695). The first color sketches of the red-fleshed, sweet watermelon in Europe can be found in a ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating to the 14th–13th centuries BCE, during the Mycenaean palatial period.

A new study of over 165 gold artifacts unearthed from ancient tombs near the Bay of Volos in Thessaly, Greece, sheds new light on the craftsmanship of Mycenaean artisans, revealing the advanced ...