In 1897 most of Benin City, then the capital of an extensive kingdom, was razed by the British. Their trove of looted plaques ...

During the construction of a water pipeline on the Greek island of Euboea, workers uncovered a stunning 2,400-year-old mosaic ...

Nov. 19, 2024 — Leveraging a unique statistical analysis and applying it to ancient DNA extracted from human skeletal remains, a team of researchers has revealed new insights into how ancient ...

Will the Münster Museum's decision to repatriate the ancient marble head add fresh fuel to the fire over the Parthenon ...

Discover the life and legacy of Lycurgus, Sparta's legendary lawgiver, whose reforms forged a society of equality and ...

More than a century ago, the scientist Alfred Wegener proposed the notion of an ancient supercontinent ... The word "Pangaea" comes from the Greek "pan," which means "all," and "gaia" or "Earth ...

In Greek mythology, the Titan ruler Kronos fears ... According to that legend, at least. Ancient Romans had their own origin story involving Hercules. In Book 9 of Ovid’s Metamorphoses, the ...

While ancient Greece is one of the best known cultures of antiquity, there are no surviving historical narratives covering events between 1200 and 760BC. This period has traditionally been viewed ...

In collaboration with Indigenous elders and ritual specialists, archaeologists have shed light on the meaning of ancient rock art from the Amazon rainforest in a study. A trio of researchers has ...

Archaeologists have long known that the Maya Lowlands, in the southernmost region of Mexico, harbors ancient urban settings (SN: 10/25/21). When archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas, of Tulane ...

On May 29th, Twitter user @thetornuproad [8] quoted the meme by saying, "random person who has a crush on me: omg … we could go on picnics … listen to sufjan stevens togetber / me: WHO ARE YOU I AM ...

Featuring a total of 279 artifacts rooted in ancient Greece, the exhibition The Countless Aspects of Beauty in Ancient Art opened in Beijing on Tuesday. The Greek show in China seems a perfect ...