Ancient Rhodes was not merely an island; it was a sophisticated maritime power that defined the Hellenistic world.

A gold heist in Ancient Greece on the prosperous island of Sifnos is considered to have been among the largest in recorded ...

In different passage, Aulus tells us about some bookstalls he came across when he arrived by ship at the port of Brundisium ...

Kottabos was the most famous and most difficult drinking game of ancient Greece, demanding precision, coordination, and style rather than brute alcohol tolerance. By attempting to recreate it with ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world. Early Roman Empire depiction of a Freedman and Freedwoman, 30-15 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

If you were to visit a bookshop in the ancient world, what would it be like? You don't just have to imagine it. The ancient Roman writer Aulus Gellius, who lived in the 2nd century CE, gives us a ...

Recent excavations in the ancient Etruscan city of Vulci revealed the head of a marble statue that appears to have Greek influence. The head belongs to a kore, statues made in the images of young ...

Now the debut trailer for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey is out in the wild, age-old debates about “historical accuracy” have reemerged. The Odyssey is officially described as a “mythic action epic,” ...

Set aside your matches or lighter and try to start a fire—chances are you’d be left cold and hungry. But as early as 400,000 years ago, ancient hominins may have had the skills to conjure flame, ...

Underwater archaeologists announced Monday they had discovered the 2,000-year-old wreck of an ancient Egyptian pleasure boat off the coast of Alexandria. Divers found the vessel's hull, which was more ...

The Royal Navy came into its own during the “Age of Reason,” in which ancient Greece was seen as a virtuous and exemplary society and its aesthetics were widely copied. The flagship of the UK’s Royal ...