Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

Legend has it that the island of Ios, Greece was where Homer took his last breath and that now he lies in his tomb on a hill at Plakoto.

Old Inscription Reveals ‘Guide to the Afterlife’, Map Found at Ancient Egyptian Burial Site Egyptians had various beliefs ...

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

At first whiff, it sounds repulsive: sniff the essence of an ancient corpse. But researchers who indulged their curiosity in the name of science found that well-preserved Egyptian mummies actually ...

Night - Partly cloudy with a 45% chance of precipitation. Winds variable. The overnight low will be 45 °F (7.2 °C). Mostly sunny with a high of 60 °F (15.6 °C). Winds variable at 4 to 6 mph (6 ...

Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a 15th-century 'vampire' whose head was pulled from their body to prevent them ...

Feb. 11, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered the origins and genetic diversity of the Fulani, one of Africa's largest pastoral populations. The study reveals a complex genetic ancestry with ...

Constant expansion has introduced a sense of modernism to this ancient city ... For more details about security concerns in Greece, visit the U.S. State Department's website.

Feb. 11, 2025 — Researchers have generated the first dataset of water flow beneath the entire Antarctic Ice Sheet, which will lead to more accurate projections of sea level rise. The team ...

Referred to by some as "Greece's Pompeii," it features the remains of Ancient Akrotiri that were preserved beneath layers of lava after a volcanic eruption thousands of years ago. Akrotiri is also ...