Alexander the Great is said to have rejected a colossal project to sculpt Mount Athos, as proposed by his architect and technical advisor, Dinocrates, a project that could have been the eighth wonder ...

The sweat of ancient Greek and Roman athletes was sold as a prized commodity. Credit: After Myron / Wikimedia Commons CC BY-SA 4.0 The ancient Greeks and Romans revered their athletes as heroes to ...

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History is full of surprises, and some discoveries challenge everything we thought we knew about ancient civilizations. The ...

A rare "Corinthian" helmet from ancient Greece will go up for auction in London later this month. Such helmets were iconic of the ancient Greek style of infantry fighting and have become emblems ...

linking the development of ancient metal smelting practices to long-term environmental change Ella Jeffries The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian ...

An ancient Greek statue of a woman seemingly using a laptop has sparked online theories about time travel. Titled “Grave Naiskos of an Enthroned Woman with an Attendant,” the 37-inch marble sculpture, ...

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While some Virginia teens are shopping for a Valentine’s Day dance, students at one high school in Charlottesville have ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

Commissions do not affect our editors' opinions or evaluations. The price of gold today, as of 9:12 am ET, was $2,917.66 per ounce. That’s down 0.32% from yesterday’s gold price of $2,926.97.

The Venus de Milo, a celebrated ancient statue found on the Greek island of Milos and displayed at the Louvre since 1821, is one of the most famous artworks in the world. Yet relatively little is ...