The Chincha Kingdom was transporting seabird excrement from islands to valleys as early as the 13th century, and this powerful fertiliser may have been key to its economic success ...

Roman medicine used human fecal matter mixed with thyme and olive oil in treatments, according to a surprising archaeological discovery from Pergamon, Turkey.

Researchers at the Wisconsin Historical Society have uncovered 16 ancient canoes at the bottom of Lake Mendota, and they believe the oldest was crafted before the Great Pyramid of Giza was built in ...

When I was 8 or 9 years old, my uncle and aunt gave me a copy of D’Aulaires’ Book of Greek Myths, a standard-bearer for children’s folklore that was originally published in 1962. I was immediately ...

Flights across Greece grounded as communications lost Indeterminate 'noise' impacts radio channels Frequency shutdown affects dozens of flights Limited services return after some hours ATHENS, Jan 4 ...

About 9,500 years ago, a community of hunter-gatherers in central Africa cremated a small woman on an open pyre at the base of Mount Hora, a prominent natural landmark in what is now northern Malawi, ...

Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today. But there were different types of parties at the time. Not all involved lots ...

Lecturer in Classics and Ancient History, The University of Western Australia Parties in ancient Greece were wild, with evidence of copious alcohol and sex. That’s the popular idea that endures today.

Ancient Greece and Ancient Egypt represented by Athena and Isis, respectively, is a late 19th-century symbolist Art Nouveau mural by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt symbolizing the relation of the two ...

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 ...

ATHENS, Dec 29 - Greece, Israel and Cyprus will step up joint air and naval exercises in the eastern Mediterranean in 2026, deepening their defence cooperation, Greek military officials and a senior ...

Jemima McPhee receives funding from an Australian Government Research Training Program (RTP) Scholarship. Ancient scientists can be easy to dismiss. Greek philosopher Thales of Miletus, often ...