Teeth provide a wealth of information about the lives of Iron Age Italians, according to a study published in the open-access ...

Gambling, one of the most common vices in the world, has a long history that dates all the way back to Ancient Greece.

A 2026 PNAS study reveals Pompeii's pre-Roman Republican Baths were heavily contaminated with human waste and rarely ...

A rare 5th-century BC bone stylus unearthed in Sicily features an erotic carving of the Greek god Dionysus—his bearded face ...

Even in ancient Greece, people worried about philosophy’s subversive effect on tender minds.

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.

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,” ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Between 128,000 and 186,000 years ago, when ice covered the Sierra Nevada, a lake 100 miles long and 600 feet deep ...

The basin was once a lake with depths of up to 700 feet. An ancient lake that once existed at Death Valley National Park has reemerged after record rainfall in the region. Several inches of water have ...

Where did the names of the most glorious ancient Greek cities derive from? We have all heard of glorious cities like Argos, Athens, Nauplio, Sparta, Olympia and others. But what is the origin of their ...