Why was the country of Iran formerly called Persia? What has this got to do with the conquests of ancient Middle Eastern ...

A study published in The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology reveals that two fossils of brachiopods, marine creatures ...

New research shows how trade rooted in local resource differences and the conflicts it sparked, made ancient Greek city-states thrive.

University students and archaeologists located an ancient Roman military camp beyond the empire’s northern frontier in the Netherlands. Photo from Constructing the Limes A team of university ...

we examine the cultural and intellectual legacy of the Byzantine Empire and ask whether it can truly be considered the heir to Ancient Greece. We explore the gradual replacement of Latin by Greek ...

The training of the warriors during the classical periods of Ancient Greece and the Roman Empire have become a point of focus is recent years, with one trainer shedding light on the exact moves ...

Then, in 334 BCE, he led his army into Asia to fulfil Philip’s ambition of conquering the Persian Empire — the largest ... (the most sacred site in Ancient Greece) is Dion, where Alexander ...

The Babylonian Map of the World, originating from ancient Iraq around the sixth century B.C., is the oldest known map. Depicting a circular world with Babylon at its center and surrounded by water ...