According to some sources, the Greeks are responsible for the alarm clock, computer, shower, automatic doors, cartography, odometer, stadium, and arch bridge. There’s no doubt that ancient ...

A four-mile creek that runs through California’s most famous vineyard is at the center of a yearslong battle between a fourth-generation Napa Valley grape grower and major wine corporation ...

The summer solstice occurs each year on June 21. It was celebrated by ancient cultures across the world, including the ...

Work and wages varied immensely in ancient Greece. Agriculture was the backbone of the economy but work was available in ...

An announcement on June 9 from the Greek Ministry of Culture cites the discovery of a rare underground spring cistern dating ...

Ancient Greek vases have revealed the hidden names of Amazons, mythology's warrior women, in a report deciphering ancient languages unspoken for millennia. In the forthcoming study of pottery ...

The ancient Greeks were incredibly talented mathematicians—but they rarely used numbers in their math. Their particular specialty, geometry, dances around actual quantities, focusing on higher ...

Archaeologists recently excavated an ancient workshop in Greece, revealing a trove of unfinished projects and other curiosities. The project was announced by Greece's Ministry of Culture in a ...

The International Festival of Ancient Greek Drama returns this summer with impressive, contemporary renditions of long-standing tales. Once again, top-tier theatre companies have been chosen to ...

Back in the days of the Greek physician Hippocrates (460–377 BCE), practitioners recommended various plants, berries, and natural remedies for weight loss. These treatments were intended to ...

The team now believe the Agios Athanasios is the previously-referenced site of the Odysseion—the center of a cult of hero ...

These spectacular stone structures represent some of the most significant depictions of the religious and funerary practices of an ancient society that drew on both its Greek and Persian heritage.