On an Egyptian desert rock ridge west of Alexandria and between the Mediterranean sea and Lake Mariout is Kom el-Nugus, an ...

Callimachus, the Ancient Greek genius, influenced library organization and the poetic preference for shorter verses over long ...

The legendary ancient Greek courtesan Lais of Corinth was famous for her beauty that left no man resistant to her charms, and her extravagant demands and sharp tongue ...

The Antikythera Mechanism, a 2,000-year-old Greek astronomical calculator, was found in a Roman-era shipwreck near Antikythera. With 30+ gears tracking celestial events, this Hellenistic marvel from ...

The artifacts reveal the harsh working conditions in ancient Egyptian gold mines under the rule of the Ptolemaic dynasty.

Unlike tales of sunken treasure laden with gold and gems, this modest 14-meter Greek merchant vessel carried a more humble ...

The official structure, stuffed with significant coins and Greek papyri, was likely later transformed into someone’s grave ...

Southeastern Italy may be better known for its beaches and burrata, but it’s also layered with ancient Greek and Roman ...

Archaeologists often spend long amounts of time at a dig site, only to dig up garbage such as bottle caps and soda cans, or ...