A surprising discovery in the Colombian Andes has uncovered the 6,000-year-old skeletons of a mysterious group of people.

Athena, a goddess of wisdom and warfare and the patron goddess of Athens, was one of the most popular deities in the Greek ...

A millenniums-old settlement in Michigan has archaeologists rethinking the rise of agriculture on the continent.

Bronze Age life changed radically around 1500 BC in Central Europe. New research reveals diets narrowed, millet was ...

Winds spread ash and aerosols from the Thera eruption, causing atmospheric changes that contributed to the Minoan ...

A new study combines A.I., radiocarbon dating and handwriting analysis to estimate new dates for some of the ancient scrolls, ...

Most foraminiferan species reside on the seafloor, but paleontologists are particularly interested in planktonic species, ...

Lassithi is home to Minoan ruins, from the ancient city of Lato to the Palace of Zakros. Both are worth a visit, as is the former Venetian fortress and leper colony of Spinalonga, which was catapulted ...

Did the Mycenaeans really conquer Minoan Crete? If so, how and when did this happen? This article examines the evidence.