Carl Sagan explained the thought process of the ancient Greek scientist Eratosthenes, who determined the circumference of the Earth.

In the half-dark of a third-floor office, Danielle Levy lifted a clay tablet out of its box. Carefully examining it with ...

The results, published Nov. 7 in Current Biology, reveal that some of the stories told for decades about the individuals’ ...

When a volcanic eruption buried the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved for ...

MIT researchers analyzed precious samples from the asteroid Ryugu, delivered to Earth by Japan’s Hayabusa2 mission. They looked for clues of an ancient magnetic field.

This map shows the approximate location of the major tribes who lived in Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest of Britain in the First Century AD. The sole source for the existence and ...

From the death cults of Egypt to the fearsome yet sophisticated society of the Vikings, the ancient world was a surprising and challenging place. Explore the in-depth sections below. The ancient ...

Greek and Turkish Foreign Ministers presented contrasting views on the future of Cyprus ahead of their meeting in Athens. While Gerapetritis emphasized the potential for a unified Cyprus within the EU ...

Historians and international relations scholars frequently look back to ancient Greece for lessons on the geopolitics of the present and future. For example, the American political scientist Graham T.