Ancient Greece, the cradle of Western civilization, was responsible for creating five of the seven wonders of the ancient ...

Carl Sagan explains how Eratosthenes used shadows and simple math to prove the Earth isn’t flat—over 2,000 years ago!

The Milesian School was based in Miletus and produced three great thinkers who were the pioneers of philosophy in ancient ...

“We know the names of many female artists and writers, but possess the works of few.” (p. 3) ...

Have you ever thought what it’s like to sip wine under the Mediterranean sun, covered by rolling hills and historic ruins?

For more than two thousand years, people have mapped the stars. But a new study claims one of the world’s oldest surviving ...

The Parthenon, a mid-5th-century temple atop the hill of the Acropolis, is dedicated to Athena, the Greek deity of wisdom and ...

Officials in the popular Mediterranean filming location are looking to reassure anxious producers over ongoing delays with rebate payments.

Mentions of the critically endangered Yangtze finless porpoise in ancient Chinese poetry have revealed missing information ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ancestry with ancient Middle Easterners, even those from sites linked to ...

As far back as the 8th century B.C.E., the city of Corinth served as the beating heart of the Mediterranean’s commerce. Lechaion, its sea port, was at the very core of its success. A new study ...

Just make sure you have three lockpicks handy. This Avowed guide shows where to find the Ancient Arrowhead treasure map, how to get it safely, and where to look for the reward. The Ancient ...