Successively colonised by the Greeks, Carthaginians and Romans, Sicily is packed with ancient treasures to discover. From ...

Inspired by ancient Greek temples, the exhibition incorporates the classic Doric and Ionic columns into its design. It is ...

A new exhibition in Athens uses art and antiquities from the Cyclades islands to reveal the experiences of ancient Greek ...

One of the few women in Ancient Greek academe, Hypatia of Alexandria was a renowned philosopher and mathematician — and she was killed because of it. People primarily remember Hypatia of Alexandria, ...

Mr. Simitis imposed financial measures to prepare for Greece’s entry into the eurozone and laid the groundwork for the Olympic Games’ return to Athens. By Alan Cowell Costas Simitis, a former ...

This might sound familiar, too. It seems very little has changed from the days of the ancient Greek and Roman empires when it comes to finding time to unwind—and being on holidays, too.

In 2019, another ancient Greek skull showing evidence of brain surgery was found ... were laid to rest also points to high status in society. “The burial place and architecture of the funerary ...

Waves of human migration across Europe during the first millennium AD have been revealed using a more precise method of analysing ancestry with ancient DNA, in research co-led by a UCL and Francis ...

Letters like this reveal ancient people’s everyday triumphs and ... His letter was written in Greek on papyrus, a writing material made from the pith of the papyrus plant. The dry climate ...

Ancient DNA unlocks new understanding of migrations in the first millennium AD. ScienceDaily . Retrieved January 25, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2025 / 01 / 250101132012.htm ...

Doric Style column and capital of an temple of ancient Greece. Credit: Old_Man_Leica. CC BY-2.0/flickr Doric temple columns typically had no bases and instead rested directly on the stylobate ...