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.

As UC-Davis professor Lynn Roller noted, "A Phrygian king named Midas is mentioned in several ancient sources, including annals of the Assyrian ruler Sargon II. The Assyrians considered him a ...

“Midas began her life as a stray in a backyard in Ankara, Turkey, before being adopted by Canis Dosemeci and her family. The Dosemeci family named the kitten after the ancient Greek myth of King Midas ...

The Ancient Greeks of Kashmir ... and Hippostratus were some of the Greek Kings of Kashmir. Menander’s discussion with Nagasen, the Buddhist saint, recorded in the Milndaphana—a Buddhist book—is ...

A correspondence about an ancient Greek letter that was eaten by mice is certainly one of the funniest anecdotal ...

In the ruins of the ancient Assyrian metropolis Nineveh, in modern Iraq, researchers have unearthed a rare artifact: a ...

CAMBRIDGE, England (WKRC/CNN Newsource) - A rare sequel to the legendary tale of Merlin and King Arthur was found on a medieval manuscript that had been stitched together and repurposed as a book ...

Researchers have found pages of a rare medieval manuscript masquerading as a cover and stitched into the binding of another ...

This armor wasn't just for show. It could have seen deadly combat during the epic Trojan War.

Across more than 100 pages an unnamed author explored the qualities, processes, and cultures of British cheese, making it Britain’s earliest-known book ... to those of ancient Greece so praised ...

Stephen King has written more than 60 novels and 200 short stories, with countless adaptations making him the undisputed king of horror. But even legends have regrets - and for King, few works ...