Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon sculptures from the British Museum as the country’s new president ...

If not for the work of two scholars, Alice Kober and Michael Ventris, the ancient Greek script Linear B would likely still be a mystery.

Dive into the sands of ancient Egypt and uncover the captivating story of Osiris, the god-king destined to die not once, but ...

As people celebrate the beginning of the new Chinese lunar year, the Year of the Snake, what do snakes symbolize in mythology?

Here we delve inside Egypt's pyramids to reveal their many treasures and secrets, while also shining a light on Egypt's ...

Ancient Toys Found Inside 2,000-Year-Old Tombs of Children, Believed to Be Gifts for the Deceased Archaeologists uncovered toys buried alongside children in ancient tombs that date back over 2,000 ...

which were believed to enable the deceased to speak in the afterlife. A team of archaeologists from Barcelona University and the Institute of the Ancient Near East in Germany found the ...

Discoveries of ancient ... in the Greek port city of Thessaloniki, according to Hellenic Police. The statue that dates back to the Hellenistic period, which covers the time between the death ...

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 ...

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 ...

Or perhaps death takes us to a dark realm that’s decidedly not as good as living. The Epic of Gilgamesh from ancient Mesopotamia described the afterlife ... mixing Greek and Roman myths with ...