The towering Greek philosopher and poet Homer described olive oil as “liquid gold” and the Greek tragedian extraordinaire Sophocles called olives “our sweet silvered wet nurse”. Olive oil is the oil ...

Ancient Greek city of Finziade in Italy yielded discoveries of clay molds, a shrine, a statuette, and a dice like those used ...

Items like amphorae and oil lamps point to long-term occupation, ... Tell Abu Saifi is now at the heart of renewed interest in Roman-era Egypt. As excavation continues, ...

Artifacts found at the cave include hundreds of clay oil lamps dating from the eighth and ninth centuries. ... but remains of luxurious Roman-era villas in the surrounding area point to a wealthy, ...

Archaeologists in Burgundy, France, have unearthed a gigantic Roman-era villa containing gardens, pools, and multiple buildings in one of the region’s most significant discoveries.

Archaeologists have unearthed a 1,700-year-old marble sarcophagus depicting Greek gods Hercules and Dionysus in a drinking contest.. The rare artefact, dated to the second or third century AD, was ...

The Trump administration is moving to repeal Biden-era curbs blocking oil drilling across most of the mammoth petroleum reserve in Alaska that’s home to an estimated 8.7 billion barrels of ...

During excavations prior to the construction of a residential tower in the Waalfront district of the Dutch city of Nijmegen, municipal archaeologists discovered the foundations of what they believe to ...

The Boston Red Sox will look for their first win of the Roman Anthony era when they continue a three-game series against the visiting Tampa Bay Rays on Tuesday night.