Set between sea and sky, Syracuse is a city of ancient grandeur and Mediterranean charm. Its exceptional heritage, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, bears witness to over two millennia of history.

Bones found at the site of an ancient fish-processing plant were used to genetically identify the species that went into a ...

An international research team has published a new study on one of the oldest known sites for the processing of animal meat ...

Thirty years after its discovery, pieces of the Lighthouse of Alexandria, which stood watch long ago in the harbors of ancient Egypt, are being pulled from the depths of the Mediterranean.

Some modern scholars believe these to be forgeries written later in antiquity, designed to give the otherwise shadowy figure ...

Scientists trying to unlock the brain mechanisms behind so-called "eureka" moments of clarity gave found a possible ...

MIT Technology Review’s news reporter and author of our daily newsletter The Download shares what she’s thinking about lately ...

Greek geometry wasn’t just math—it was an attempt to decode the universe. Its logic still powers rockets, bridges, and every ...

Syracuse, N.Y. — Mortgage lending increased in the Syracuse metro in the first quarter, despite a decline in much of the nation. The number of new loans for purchases totaled 916 in Syracuse in ...

This year’s Breckenridge production includes 39 children telling the story set in ancient Greece. As they prepare for the Olympic Games, everyone from the Greek gods and philosophers to the ...

Cohoes Police arrested a man wanted for murder in Syracuse. Police said when they took that man into custody, they also found a loaded handgun, and illegal drugs.

This Greek cup, dating from around 510 B.C., depicts an Amazon warrior on a horse. Scholars suggest wording on the vase names the woman Worthy of Armor in ancient Circassian.