The Emperor Nero sent out a Roman expedition to find the Nile's source some 2,000 years before Victorian explorers reached ...

Archaeologists have been excavating the Athribis temple site for more than ten years, but have finally uncovered its entrance ...

We bring to you 20+1 fun facts and a few little secrets about Greece that most people, even in Greece, may not know.

One hundred and fifty male couples, known as Thebes’ Sacred Band, or ancient Greece’s army of lovers, was wiped out in a ...

Greek statues are admired worldwide for their extraordinary beauty, but do they truly reflect the actual appearance of the ...

Thessaloniki, Greece’s second-largest city, is opening a new subway system, blending ancient archaeological treasures with ...

Gladiator II is now in cinemas, and Ridley Scott’s epic, a sequel to his 2000 Oscar winner, has yielded much comment about its homoeroticism. Certainly there is a strong sense of feminisation. Take ...

Paleolithic cuisine was anything but lean and green, according to a study on the diets of our Pleistocene ancestors. For a good 2 million years, Homo sapiens and their ancestors ditched the salad and ...

The classics department hosted Dartmouth College’s Professor Paul Christesen to present his research into the origins and ...

the painted inscriptions that serve as ancient advertisements, including those used by politicians. Referred to as electoral programmata, these campaign posters were painted largely by professional ...

Archaeologists have long known that the Maya Lowlands, in the southernmost region of Mexico, harbors ancient urban settings (SN: 10/25/21). When archaeologist Luke Auld-Thomas, of Tulane ...

On May 29th, Twitter user @thetornuproad [8] quoted the meme by saying, "random person who has a crush on me: omg … we could go on picnics … listen to sufjan stevens togetber / me: WHO ARE YOU I AM ...