Beyond the handful of memorial libraries, many other ancient Roman public libraries were great cultural centers, including ...

From Greek-is.com: “The education system in ancient Greece was regarded as a foundational pillar of society, preparing ...

What did ancient Greeks wear in the winter? A natural question as all statues of Greeks in antiquity depict them dressed in ...

Archaeologists from Ondokuz Mayıs University are embarking on a significant excavation project to uncover the ancient city of Sebastopolis. Located in Turkey's Sulusaray district, Sebastopolis was a ...

The gymnasium (i.e. gym) in ancient Greece was an important institution, as exercising and keeping one’s body fit were vital in society. Credit: Marie Lan Nguyen/Wikimedia Commons/ CC BY-SA 2.5 The ...

The few that could be opened were philosophical texts written in ancient Greek. But most of the scrolls were so badly damaged, they were considered illegible. More recently, researchers managed to ...

ATHENS, Greece -- Earthquakes rattled Greece’s volcanic island of Santorini every few minutes through the night and into Wednesday as authorities bolstered their emergency plans in case the ...

Follow along as I take on fun gymnastics-based challenges ... has emptied:’ Thousands flee Santorini as quakes rattle Greek tourist haven 23 TV characters who simply vanished without a trace ...

Linguists and archaeologists have long argued about which group of ancient people spoke the original Indo-European language. A new study in the journal Nature throws a new theory into the fray.

And now it carries a handsome cash prize: $1 million for anyone who can decipher the script of the ancient Indus Valley civilization. Relatively little is known about the creators of the script ...