Art from ancient Thrace is often flashy and brusque, as befits a warrior tribe. The archaic society was known for the prowess ...

Costa RicaArenal Volcano looms above a horse grazing in the fertile northern ... a term that comes from the ancient Greek word for “happy.” The concept was made popular by Aristotle, who ...

Renaissance thinkers saw their own era as a reenactment of the great dramas of Greek history. What drove this comparison?

making them one of the oldest dog breeds in the world. Prized for being strong and more than capable of working for hours on end, they’re very happy pulling sleds and carting heavy gear in ...

Peritas the legendary dog followed Alexander the Great on the path to glory, fighting alongside his master and saving his ...

Alaskan Malamutes are large dogs that have been bred for thousands of years, making them one of the oldest dog breeds in the world. Prized for being strong and more than capable of working for ...

linking the development of ancient metal smelting practices to long-term environmental change Ella Jeffries The discovery might illuminate the link between the blue pigment's ancient Egyptian ...

Discoveries of ancient artifacts are relatively common in Greece, often unearthed during construction projects. A headless statue believed to be 2,000 years old has been found inside a black ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped in a black plastic bag near garbage cans in the northern city of Thessaloniki. The organized ...

WASHINGTON — Ancient Greece produced the earliest records of democracy, western philosophy — and, it turns out, lead pollution. Researchers studying sediment cores recovered from mainland ...

in northwest Greece. In August, construction workers installing underground water pipelines in a town north of Athens uncovered an ancient mosaic of dancing satyrs. A monumental building with lion ...

The discovery of ancient artifacts in surprising places is not uncommon in a country as rich in history and archaeology as Greece. Relics are often unearthed during construction projects ...