In Spain, the Cave of the Bats, Albuñol, held a major secret: bowstrings discovered in the 19th century predate those used by ...

New archaeological evidence is helping rewrite old myths about disabled people in the ancient world.

The Thesmophoria was a prominent ancient Greek festival dedicated to Demeter, goddess of agriculture, and her daughter Persephone, celebrating the cycles of life, death, and rebirth. The festival, ...

In Istanbul, Pope Leo XIV will meet the patriarch of the Eastern Orthodox Church to show amity between two of the world’s ...

The story of the marathon begins in the rugged hills of ancient Greece, where long-distance running was not a pastime but a ...

Despite advances in modern technology, these mysterious ancient artifacts continue to baffle and intrigue experts.

Truth means describing reality. It is a statement that tells what things actually are. While technically, the understanding is that truth describes reality, many people do not know this. Many ...

From the Library of Alexandria to the lost works of Plato, the world is littered with ancient writings containing long-lost ...

Philopoemen was the most skilled general of the Achaean League. He defeated Sparta and propelled the league to prominence in ...

UC scholars presented ancient Greek findings at the Met, revealing discoveries from a 3,500-year-old warrior's grave.

During the age of emperors, Roman sculpture was of artistic, religious, and political importance, and often took on epic ...

The Olympic flame began its journey Wednesday to the Milan Cortina Winter Games — missing a little of its usual magic. Bad weather lashing western Greece forced organizers to move the torch-lighting ...