Archaeologists in Licata, Sicily were recently exploring the remains of the ancient Greek colony Finziade when they came ...

The Ancient Graffiti Project, a research team that has included around 70 people over the past several years to locate and study graffiti from the early Roman Empire, has painstakingly documented and ...

Archaeologists have uncovered an ancient Greek sanctuary in Ponte during the construction of a high-speed railway in Italy.

Each Valentine’s Day, when I see images of the chubby winged god Cupid taking aim with his bow and arrow at his unsuspecting ...

Ruled by Hades, the god of the underworld, the infernal rivers of Greek mythology are often mentioned in ancient literature.

In a world where parents prefer unique baby names with meaningful origins, there’s no better source of inspiration than the land of the free and home of the brave.

He conquered land across three continents, ruled over states from Egypt to modern-day India, and never lost a battle – before ...

A rediscovered Greek papyrus details a Roman court case in Iudaea involving tax fraud, forgery, and possible rebellion on the ...

Archaeologists have uncovered a rare ancient Roman artifact that has revealed previously unknown places lost to time. The ...

Lead pollution in the Aegean Sea region may have begun around 5,200 years ago, according to a paper published in Communications Earth & ...

Roman and Greek leaders paired their portraits with specific symbols of power or godliness. A coin with a bust of Galerius Maximianus on one side has the god Jupiter and an eagle on the other, ...

Police in Greece said Wednesday they were investigating how an ancient Greek statue came to be dumped ... carved stone head possibly depicting a Roman god found in an ancient trash dump in England.