Biking and boating through Greece's southernmost archipelago, the Dodecanese islands, is a perfect active family getaway that ...

Because these objects are anchored to specific historical contexts, their ages provide a reliable snapshot of the period. The ...

Ancient Greek oracles, omens, and sacred calendars shaped decisions from war to marriage and everything in between through ...

Unearthed off the coast of Alexandria, the vessel may have once measured 115 feet long. Experts think it would have held a ...

New fossils link a strange 3.4-million-year-old foot to Australopithecus deyiremeda, a species that mixed climbing skills with its own style of bipedal walking. The evidence shows that multiple early ...

Throughout his life, Ennio Morricone felt shunned by the classical music world. But these days his pop-culture cachet isn’t ...

New research shows Roman concrete relied on heat-driven mixing and reactive lime, giving it a surprising self-healing ability ...

Death Valley National Park has experienced so much record-breaking rainfall this season that an ancient lake has reappeared.

Modern tools and good old-fashioned digging revealed royal tombs, World War II shipwrecks, and the oldest Egyptian genome ...

It’s said that Badwater Basin earned its name when a 1849er’s mule refused to drink from a nearby spring-fed pool, suggesting ...

The Benin Bronzes, taken from what is now Nigeria, have become a symbol in the effort to return looted artifacts to their ...