The ancient Greek city of Thebes played a central role in Greek history, appearing in many of the legends of Greek mythology.

A new analysis of classical medical texts suggests dementia was extremely rare in ancient Greece and Rome 2,000 to 2,500 ...

To Ringbauer’s surprise, people from Mediterranean outposts of Phoenician culture—also known as Punic people—shared no ...

Ancient Greece is traditionally remembered for its philosophy, mythology, and great buildings—but there's a lesser-known side ...

After an earthquake damaged the building, construction crews started working in the basement and unearthed the forgotten Roman ruins. Take a look.

To study this history, population geneticist Harald Ringbauer at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in ...

The Olympic flame still burns brightly in Ancient Olympia in the Peloponnese, where the modern-day games have their Greek ...

The ancient Roman ruins under Sisak city hall as seen during excavations. Photo from Croatia’s Ministry of Culture and Media In ancient Greece and Rome, an odeon was a “comparatively small ...

During a visit to Palmyra, reporters found traces of the many forces that had fought over the city and ancient monuments ... but the Islamic State, which seized Palmyra in 2015, carried out ...

Authorities in Greece have arrested six people on the island of Crete in connection with an alleged antiquities smuggling ring that was attempting to sell dozens of ancient artifacts, police said ...

Greece celebrated ... view of ancient genius and hints at lost wonders. After years of meticulous excavation, the ancient theater of Lefkada, the first of its kind discovered in the Ionian Islands, ...