A correspondence about an ancient Greek letter that was eaten by mice is certainly one of the funniest anecdotal ...

Athens-based independent scholar Demetrius Savvides has shown that in Amphipolis, northern Greece, where the Kastas Monument ...

By studying proteins preserved in teeth, researchers determined the sex of four Paranthropus robustus individuals that lived ...

An ancient DNA study co-authored by Brown archaeologist Peter van Dommelen illustrates the complexity of human migration and ...

Two recently discovered ancient gold rings set with garnets reveal how Greek trends and customs became part of life in ...

The ancient Greek word daimon—from which the modern "demon" derives—referred to god-like spirits and supernatural forces. While a daimon could be good or evil, the latter was a malevolent ...

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

Plaster casts of an ancient Greek bust of Sappho, the poetess, are created in a workshop just south of Athens, Greece. The replicas are destined for museum gift shops around the country.

the silversmith who left his native Greece for Rome, where he established the house of Bvlgari in 1884. “He looked at Rome from that perspective, and now, I'm discovering it in the same way.” Apart ...

Archaeologists working in Morocco have unearthed three separate ancient cemeteries, including one stone burial plot dating back 4,000 years, according to a study published May 13 in the journal ...

The ancient footprints from Australia were found on a slab of sandstone recovered near Melbourne and show reptile-like feet with long toes and hooked claws. Scientists estimate the animal was ...