The 2000-year-old Antikythera mechanism may have been a kind of astronomical calculator, but researchers are unsure whether it would have worked without jamming ...

The ancient theater at Tlos in Asia Minor is almost fully restored to its former glory and expected to host performances ...

I desired dragons with a profound desire,” fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien once said about his childhood imagination, ...

Over 120 years ago, sponge divers off the coast of the Greek island Antikythera unearthed one of the most enigmatic ...

China war inevitable? Perhaps that isn’t the lesson leaders should be taking from the ‘History of the Peloponnesian War.’ ...

Created by digital artist Juanjo Ortega G., the digital reconstruction depicts a woman who died in her mid-30s during the ...

After a century-long wait, an excavation has finally revealed the only ancient theatre on Greece's Ionian Islands. Ancient ...

Dates: 3100 B.C. to 30 B.C. Writing: Hieroglyphics, a writing system that uses pictures; hieratic, a quicker type of "cursive"; and demotic, a written short-form script Ancient Egypt's gods ...

Greece has a long rivalry with its former imperial neighbor over sovereign rights in the island-dotted waters that separate them. Despite being NATO allies, their forces infamously came close to ...

Organizers of the 17th annual Pacific Northwest Regional Yo-Yo Championship expect over 100 contestants from across the country to compete at the March 29 event. PNWR is one of three regional ...

Take Greek mythology, for example: those stories are timeless because we constantly refer to myths and stories of Ancient Greece to make sense of contemporary events. From Fate & Fabled ...

Tombos is located at the third cataract of the Nile River in Sudan. In ancient times, this area was known as Nubia or Kush. Following the Egyptians' takeover of the region around 1400 B.C., they ...