Between parked cars in a suburban street in Athens, workers fix a pump to an ancient stone well that in turn accesses an ...

The ancient Greeks used to make a wide variety of breads, as they considered it to be of great importance in their eating ...

Greek lawmakers have elected a former parliament speaker and leading advocate for the return of the disputed Parthenon ...

Angelos Patsiatzis is one of the first Greek wood craftsmen to create forest sculptures with a chainsaw. He teaches this art ...

The majority of the beads were found in a large cavern, worn by mostly female skeletons estimated to be between the ages 18 ...

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

This unique degree programme offers training in an unparalleled range of ancient languages and their associated history, culture and textual traditions. Students study Hebrew and either Greek or Latin ...

At Ancient Origins, we believe that one of the most important fields of knowledge we can pursue as human beings is our beginnings. And while some people may seem content with the story as it stands, ...

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 ...

The statue has been transferred to local antiquities authorities for preservation and further examination by archaeologists. Police have launched an investigation to determine who discarded the ...

(Greek Police via AP) Police said experts, following an initial evaluation, determined the piece dates to the Hellenistic era, a period roughly between 320 and 30 B.C. that was marked by a flourishing ...