Some scholars trace Valentine's Day back to ancient Greece and the mythical green meadows of Arcadia in the Peloponnese.

A Roman-era bridge was discovered in the ancient city of Elefsina, west of Athens during works for a suburban railway line.

A trove of "ancient treasures" was recently found in a third-century shipwreck near Greece. Not only did this trove include ...

The expansion of the Roman empire to Greece 2,100 years ago coincided with a rise in lead pollution as a by-product of an increased demand for metals, according to some of the earliest traces of of ...

Ancient Greece, renowned for its contributions to democracy and philosophy, also holds the unfortunate distinction of ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ...

New research has uncovered the earliest traces of lead contamination caused by human activities, linking the development of ancient metal ... preparations in the Roman Empire Sonja Anderson ...

A cross inlaid in the floor of a library marks the spot where Indiana Jones has to dig to access the ancient catacombs of ... To find catacombs, go to Rome, home of some of the oldest and longest ...

The venerable auction house is unloading one-of-a-kind gold necklaces, rings, trinkets and more from ancient Greece, Rome and Egypt that cost far less than modern pieces from modern luxury designers ...